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Show HN: Grasswire – an Internet newsroom curated and fact-checked by everyone

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Re: Show HN: Grasswire – an Internet newsroom curated and fact-checked by everyone

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Post by randall »

dang wrote: post #55
austenallred wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These are actually completely different, though the titles are similar since they’re trying to solve the same problem. But not one line of code is the same, the solution is different, etc. The only thing that is the same is the problem we’re trying to solve and the domain. And… apparently the HN title. The old one was just a list of tweets from the Twitter search API with an arrow that allowed people to move them up…

Ok, in that case we'll unbury it.

Sidenote: This is a huge upside of public moderation. Such a welcome addition to HN!

Re: Show HN: Grasswire – an Internet newsroom curated and fact-checked by everyone

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Post by judk »

austenallred wrote: post #66
altcognito wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Labeling it is a reasonable and responsible thing to do given.

Ya, it's a tough call to make. Watching this stuff I've seen more severed heads and public executions than anyone should ever want to. It's brutal, but it helps you realize that this stuff really is going on. When we say "ISIS is a terrorist organization" everyone starts to yawn, because all we ever hear about are terrorists. But then you see them decapitate a 5-year-old? A public crucifixion? And not just one, at sc…

You can wait for multiple NSFL/SFL votes from users before promoting an image to the main pages.

Re: Show HN: Grasswire – an Internet newsroom curated and fact-checked by everyone

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Post by phreanix »

austenallred wrote: post #67
thomasahle wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly my though as well, a 'quick catch up' for each topic would be very useful.

This is the number one response we're seeing, and it makes sense; we (the founders) follow this stuff all day every day, but it's really difficult to catch up, even though all that would be required is a couple of sentences. Trying to figure out the best way to do that without taking over editorially now.

Maybe a blurb from a source that is also curated and fact checked.

Re: Show HN: Grasswire – an Internet newsroom curated and fact-checked by everyone

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Post by ollerac »

I could see this becoming my primary source of news. My main problem with mainstream news sources is that they're filtered. This would be a great way of keeping up with what's going on in the world. I could see it turning into something awesome. Something like my own personal newsroom (i.e. the wall of screens I imagine they have at the big news stations with live coverage coming in from everywhere).

I'll keep an eye on this.

Re: Show HN: Grasswire – an Internet newsroom curated and fact-checked by everyone

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Post by kijin »

judk wrote: post #95
Torgo wrote: post #89

Please add an SSL cert to this so traffic to and from can't be eavesdropped on (as easily.)

Why? SSL doesn't hide the domain name of the requests, and the site content is public

This is not a static site, it takes various kinds of user input. SSL would hide which pages you visited, which items you upvoted, and which items you helped confirm or refute.

In some countries, this kind of information could be a powerful tool of repression. The police knocks on your door and asks "You helped confirm Rumor X about our Dear Leader. Tell us everything you know about Rumor X!" (Of course such countries also tend to block domains like grasswire.com, but some might choose to keep it unblocked for a while and use it as a honeypot to pinpoint dissidents.)

The multimedia-heavy, AJAX-heavy interface also makes it a royal PITA to use the site over something like Tor.

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Post by monkeynotes »

randomtask wrote: post #34

This really needs a "disturbing content ahead" warning on the parts of the site that have graphic images. I really don't expect to see decapitated bodies when I randomly click a link.

I got the guided tour thing, when a picture of an executed Iraqi showed up the tour note was "this is where the magic happens". Wonderful.
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