http://blogs.gartner.com/whit_andrews/2008/10/23/hey-wow-the-hostile-information-ecosystem-is-real/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:13:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://blogs.gartner.com/whit_andrews/2008/10/23/hey-wow-the-hostile-information-ecosystem-is-real/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Tag Cloud Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:57:34 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/whit_andrews/?p=80#comment-56 [...] Pygmalion, in which a sculptor finds that his ideal woman takes life. In my case, it’s the Hostile Information Ecosystem, something I wrote about first in 2006. I was reading Geeking With Greg (again) tonight, and I was [...] [...] Pygmalion, in which a sculptor finds that his ideal woman takes life. In my case, it’s the Hostile Information Ecosystem, something I wrote about first in 2006. I was reading Geeking With Greg (again) tonight, and I was [...]

]]> http://blogs.gartner.com/whit_andrews/2008/10/23/hey-wow-the-hostile-information-ecosystem-is-real/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Whit Andrews Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:56:01 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/whit_andrews/?p=80#comment-52 We call that kind of transparency, in some cases, the "WTH button." As in, a button in the results that says "What The Heck got me these results?" We call that kind of transparency, in some cases, the “WTH button.” As in, a button in the results that says “What The Heck got me these results?”

]]> http://blogs.gartner.com/whit_andrews/2008/10/23/hey-wow-the-hostile-information-ecosystem-is-real/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Daniel Tunkelang Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:59:46 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/whit_andrews/?p=80#comment-51 You're quite welcome! One of the insights that is slowing making its way through the information access community is that user control is a great defense against manipulation of search results. It's an uphill battle to get folks to question black-box approaches to relevance, but examples like these are at least leading some people to consider their vulnerabilities. You’re quite welcome! One of the insights that is slowing making its way through the information access community is that user control is a great defense against manipulation of search results. It’s an uphill battle to get folks to question black-box approaches to relevance, but examples like these are at least leading some people to consider their vulnerabilities.

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