Comments on: Mechanical Turk grades The Economist’s news article on enterprise prediction markets http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/03/06/mechanical-turk-the-economist-prediction-markets/ Prediction Markets, etc. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:13:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/03/06/mechanical-turk-the-economist-prediction-markets/#comment-23640 Chris F. Masse Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:38:25 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=13154#comment-23640 Technically, if you look at the sentence, I don't think I lied. Technically, if you look at the sentence, I don’t think I lied.

]]> By: behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/03/06/mechanical-turk-the-economist-prediction-markets/#comment-23638 behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/ Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:31:44 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=13154#comment-23638 Kind of strange to claim that you are doing journalism here and, at the same time, try intentionally to generate false impressions. Kind of strange to claim that you are doing journalism here and, at the same time, try intentionally to generate false impressions.

]]> By: behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/03/06/mechanical-turk-the-economist-prediction-markets/#comment-23637 behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/ Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:30:50 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=13154#comment-23637 Kind of strange to claim that you are doing journalism here and, at the same time, try intentionally trying to give false impressions. Kind of strange to claim that you are doing journalism here and, at the same time, try intentionally trying to give false impressions.

]]> By: Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/03/06/mechanical-turk-the-economist-prediction-markets/#comment-23636 Chris F. Masse Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:29:38 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=13154#comment-23636 Daniel, I wanted them to click on the link and see the downside of Mechanical Turk... (That's not deceiving them, that's trying to make them to read more about it.) Daniel, I wanted them to click on the link and see the downside of Mechanical Turk… (That’s not deceiving them, that’s trying to make them to read more about it.)

]]> By: Daniel Horowitz http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/03/06/mechanical-turk-the-economist-prediction-markets/#comment-23631 Daniel Horowitz Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:30:41 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=13154#comment-23631 Why do you wish to confuse and misinform your readers? Why do you wish to confuse and misinform your readers?

]]> By: Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/03/06/mechanical-turk-the-economist-prediction-markets/#comment-23613 Chris F. Masse Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:44:36 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=13154#comment-23613 Panos, you are right... I wanted to plant a certain sense of unreliability in the mind of my readers... I plead guilty as charged. Panos, you are right… I wanted to plant a certain sense of unreliability in the mind of my readers… I plead guilty as charged.

]]> By: behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/03/06/mechanical-turk-the-economist-prediction-markets/#comment-23611 behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/ Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:50:58 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=13154#comment-23611 Chris, I hope that you just want to put some humor in your coverage, when you cite my post about the "unreliability" of Mechanical Turk. My post about the unreliability is about completion time (which is difficult to predict), *not* about the accuracy of the answers that we get back. Chris, I hope that you just want to put some humor in your coverage, when you cite my post about the “unreliability” of Mechanical Turk.

My post about the unreliability is about completion time (which is difficult to predict), *not* about the accuracy of the answers that we get back.

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