My Axioms regarding credible internet information...

[micahnelson]

Micah's First Law of Internet Information Reliability:
The credibility of information on a web page is inversely proportional to the amount of Animated Gif's found on the web page.

Micah's Second Law of Internet Information Reliability:
Statements written in all capitalized letters, or in a color other than black, are less true than statements properly formatted, and in black.

Micah's corollary on the Second Law of Internet Information Reliability:
Statements written in bright green are never true, unless written as parody of the corollary on the Second Law of Internet Information Reliability.

Micah's Third Law of Internet Information Reliability:
A page with a permanent link to an unreliable page, is as unreliable as the linked page. A page, linking to a page which links to an unreliable page, may retain reliability provided it is not subject to scrutiny by other laws of reliability.

Do we have any other thoughts on the matter? Feel free to add.

[Kade]

Micah's First Law of Internet Information Reliability:
The credibility of information on a web page is inversely proportional to the amount of Animated Gif's found on the web page.

Micah's Second Law of Internet Information Reliability:
Statements written in all capitalized letters, or in a color other than black, are less true than statements properly formatted, and in black.

Micah's corollary on the Second Law of Internet Information Reliability:
Statements written in bright green are never true, unless written as parody of the corollary on the Second Law of Internet Information Reliability.

Micah's Third Law of Internet Information Reliability:
A page with a permanent link to an unreliable page, is as unreliable as the linked page. A page, linking to a page which links to an unreliable page, may retain reliability provided it is not subject to scrutiny by other laws of reliability.

Do we have any other thoughts on the matter? Feel free to add.

I think that reliability can also be measured inversely by how strongly they promote their own non-bias.

Fox News: Fair and Balanced
WorldNet Daily: A Free Press for a Free People.
Media Research Center: America's Media Watchdog.

[micahnelson]

I think that reliability can also be measured inversely by how strongly they promote their own non-bias.

Fox News: Fair and Balanced
WorldNet Daily: A Free Press for a Free People.
Media Research Center: America's Media Watchdog.

You know, you bring up a good point. Sometimes these sites will have the same advertisers.

A page that has advertising for scams and gimmicks (Lifelock, Overpriced Gold, etc) is a good sign the site shouldn't be trusted. The advertisers believe the page viewers to be suckers based on the fact that they are reading and likely believing the bilge on the page.

[Kludge]

Micah's First Law of Internet Information Reliability:
The credibility of information on a web page is inversely proportional to the amount of Animated Gif's found on the web page.

Micah's Second Law of Internet Information Reliability:
Statements written in all capitalized letters, or in a color other than black, are less true than statements properly formatted, and in black.

Micah's corollary on the Second Law of Internet Information Reliability:
Statements written in bright green are never true, unless written as parody of the corollary on the Second Law of Internet Information Reliability.

Micah's Third Law of Internet Information Reliability:
A page with a permanent link to an unreliable page, is as unreliable as the linked page. A page, linking to a page which links to an unreliable page, may retain reliability provided it is not subject to scrutiny by other laws of reliability.





I AGREE!



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[Kade]

You know, you bring up a good point. Sometimes these sites will have the same advertisers.

A page that has advertising for scams and gimmicks (Lifelock, Overpriced Gold, etc) is a good sign the site shouldn't be trusted. The advertisers believe the page viewers to be suckers based on the fact that they are reading and likely believing the bilge on the page.

EXACTLY.

The most obvious scams are always on websites where uninformed huddle...

A good example of the inverse of this is Countdown on MSNBC, which has recently been sponsored by Amway/Quixtar. The backlash has been ridiculous, and the company is now considering pulling the ads... Liberals know better than to get involved with idiotic endeavors like Multi-level marketing.

[Truth Warrior]

1) Who stands to gain, and what from my believing this?

2) Who stands to lose, and what from my NOT believing this?

Not perfect filters by any means, but usually functional and helpful in the wheat / chaff separation process. ;)

BTW, the above works for politics TOO. :D

"It ain't so much the things we don't know that hurts us, as it is the things we do know that ain't true."

[micahnelson]

1) Who stands to gain, and what from my believing this?

2) Who stands to lose, and what from my NOT believing this?

Not perfect filters by any means, but usually functional and helpful in the wheat / chaff separation process. ;)

BTW, the above works for politics TOO. :D

"It ain't so much the things we don't know that hurts us, as it is the things we do know that ain't true."

Good points. Sometimes people just lie for the sake of it, or have been suckered into a lie in the first place though. They might not be "out to get ya", but they could just be ignorant of the facts. Its always good to judge someone's general intelligence before you can judge their opinions and the information they pass on as valid.

[Truth Warrior]

Good points. Sometimes people just lie for the sake of it, or have been suckered into a lie in the first place though. They might not be "out to get ya", but they could just be ignorant of the facts. Its always good to judge someone's general intelligence before you can judge their opinions and the information they pass on as valid. The "intelligent" often hood wink and get hood winked too. ;)

"Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false." -- Bertrand Russell

"The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind." -- H.L. Mencken

Thanks! :)

[micahnelson]

The "intelligent" often hood wink and get hood winked too. ;)

"Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false." -- Bertrand Russell

"The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind." -- H.L. Mencken

Thanks! :)

Excellent Russell quote.

[Truth Warrior]

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire