Comments on: Idea: Here’s the proof http://timsaylor.com/2010/01/18/idea-heres-the-proof/ Web Developer Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dan http://timsaylor.com/2010/01/18/idea-heres-the-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Dan Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:50:43 +0000 http://timsaylor.com/?p=210#comment-29 Not sure this is different enough from Wikipedia to really catch on. Not sure this is different enough from Wikipedia to really catch on.

]]> By: Jacques http://timsaylor.com/2010/01/18/idea-heres-the-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jacques Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:24:52 +0000 http://timsaylor.com/?p=210#comment-28 Not a bad idea, but it'd take a lot to get it going when snopes.com and wikipedia are out there. The latter being crowd-sourced, the former handling people doing real checks. The biggest issue I'm seeing is that the crowd you're targeting would be people trying to prove things, not just the general public looking for information. So you run the risk of attracting a higher number of conspiracy theorists than those who are actually informed. I personally wouldn't use subdomains for each proof as much as something like herestheproof.com/something_I_can_prove, but I've never really been one for using subdomains as something dynamic. I know it can be done just as easily (URL Rewrites, etc.), it's just not my style. Other possible domain names: proveit, proven, Not a bad idea, but it’d take a lot to get it going when snopes.com and wikipedia are out there. The latter being crowd-sourced, the former handling people doing real checks.

The biggest issue I’m seeing is that the crowd you’re targeting would be people trying to prove things, not just the general public looking for information. So you run the risk of attracting a higher number of conspiracy theorists than those who are actually informed.

I personally wouldn’t use subdomains for each proof as much as something like herestheproof.com/something_I_can_prove, but I’ve never really been one for using subdomains as something dynamic. I know it can be done just as easily (URL Rewrites, etc.), it’s just not my style.

Other possible domain names: proveit, proven,

]]> By: Nathan http://timsaylor.com/2010/01/18/idea-heres-the-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Nathan Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:44:44 +0000 http://timsaylor.com/?p=210#comment-27 How would this be different from Snopes for example? How would this be different from Snopes for example?

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