Comments on: Look mum, it’s me! http://cloudofdata.com/2009/01/look-mum-its-me/ Linked Data, Cloud Computing, Semantic Web, SaaS, PaaS, more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:40:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: » Thinking about where the Semantic Web conversation takes place | The Semantic Web | ZDNet.com http://cloudofdata.com/2009/01/look-mum-its-me/comment-page-1/#comment-183 » Thinking about where the Semantic Web conversation takes place | The Semantic Web | ZDNet.com Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:22:17 +0000 http://cloudofdata.com/?p=270#comment-183 [...] on my own blog, I wrote a short post about BusinessWeek’s social network yesterday. Business Exchange is well-linked from the [...] [...] on my own blog, I wrote a short post about BusinessWeek’s social network yesterday. Business Exchange is well-linked from the [...]

]]> By: Josh Young http://cloudofdata.com/2009/01/look-mum-its-me/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Josh Young Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:37:15 +0000 http://cloudofdata.com/?p=270#comment-181 I posted my concerns about the transparency of business exchange's spam moderation here: http://networkednews.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/question-about-bwbx-business-week-exchange/ I posted my concerns about the transparency of business exchange’s spam moderation here:
http://networkednews.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/question-about-bwbx-business-week-exchange/

]]> By: Age-Old Questions about BWBX « Network(ed)News http://cloudofdata.com/2009/01/look-mum-its-me/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Age-Old Questions about BWBX « Network(ed)News Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:10:44 +0000 http://cloudofdata.com/?p=270#comment-180 [...] Paul Miller explains, “Members can access background material on stories, submit additional resources of their [...] [...] Paul Miller explains, “Members can access background material on stories, submit additional resources of their [...]

]]> By: Ron Casalotti http://cloudofdata.com/2009/01/look-mum-its-me/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Ron Casalotti Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:11:22 +0000 http://cloudofdata.com/?p=270#comment-179 Thanks for the great write-up of Business Exchange, Paul. As you noted, it is a continually modulating information source base upon the (business oriented) news-of-the-day and the actions of our users as they add (or take positive actions on content already there via search engines or other users) relevant content to benefit others who have a similar passion for the same topic(s). To reply to your twittered question, we track several user actions on each item and use a weighted algorithm to score both users and the articles/blog posts. We monitor those scores to not only determine top users or most valuable items in a topic (see the Most Active tab in each topic for human-vetted items of value) but also to determine gaming within the system. We also crowd-source user activity via a full reporting system and back-office moderation team. Feel free to tweet other BX questions to @bwbx or @roncasalotti, or e-mail me directly at ron_casalotti at businessweek dot com. Thanks for the great write-up of Business Exchange, Paul. As you noted, it is a continually modulating information source base upon the (business oriented) news-of-the-day and the actions of our users as they add (or take positive actions on content already there via search engines or other users) relevant content to benefit others who have a similar passion for the same topic(s).

To reply to your twittered question, we track several user actions on each item and use a weighted algorithm to score both users and the articles/blog posts. We monitor those scores to not only determine top users or most valuable items in a topic (see the Most Active tab in each topic for human-vetted items of value) but also to determine gaming within the system. We also crowd-source user activity via a full reporting system and back-office moderation team.

Feel free to tweet other BX questions to @bwbx or @roncasalotti, or e-mail me directly at ron_casalotti at businessweek dot com.

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