95% of User-Generated Content Is Bogus 192
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kdawson
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from the sturgeon's-law-applies dept.
coomaria writes "The HoneyGrid scans 40 million Web sites and 10 million emails, so it was bound to find something interesting. Among the things it found was that a staggering 95% of User Generated Content is either malicious in nature or spam." Here is the report's front door; to read the actual report you'll have to give up name, rank, and serial number.
This just in (Score:5, Funny)
Animals shit in ~95% of their habitat...
Want to get ripped? (Score:5, Funny)
I got ripped in 2 weeks. learn how with secret juice formula.
Let me be the first to post that this is BS. (Score:5, Funny)
This is slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
We know.
Re:Want to get ripped? (Score:3, Funny)
Speaking of juice, there's nothing better than a cold glass of Fanta [fanta.com]!
Re:It might be true, but it's also irrelevent. (Score:5, Funny)
95% of humans are over 100 years old. Most of them are dead.
Was going to RTFA but it's probably bogus (Score:5, Funny)
...95% probability actually. So I didn't bother.
just a cheap shot (Score:4, Funny)
I guess that goes in hand with 95% of kdawson's submissions being crap and not worth the time.
Re:It might be true, but it's also irrelevent. (Score:5, Funny)
That should be on Fox News.
"Number of dead people reaches all time high!"
Re:It might be true, but it's also irrelevent. (Score:5, Funny)
Well, then MSNBC would just rip into Fox for inferring these unfortunate individuals should no longer vote. CNN would chime in and blame the lack of universal health care for the deaths.
Obligatory (Score:2, Funny)
In human terms, the majority of computers have AIDS. And we all know where they caught it.
Your mom?
And of the rest... (Score:3, Funny)
Out of the 5% that are not generated by spambots, 99% is still generated by idiots.
Re:This just in (Score:5, Funny)
a staggering 95% of User Generated Content is... ...spam. Here is the report's front door; to read the actual report you'll have to give up name, rank, and serial number.
Give up your Name, rank, email... so we can enlighten you with valuable information from our partners.
Re:It might be true, but it's also irrelevent. (Score:2, Funny)
Oh god, are they okay?
Re:Let me be the first to post that this is BS. (Score:0, Funny)
Pepsi! Pepsi! Pepsi!
Re:It might be true, but it's also irrelevent. (Score:3, Funny)
Are you implying that Wikipedia is not bogus content?
Re:So Sturgeon was right (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It might be true, but it's also irrelevent. (Score:5, Funny)
And when they want a change from that, they come here.
Re:Want to get ripped? (Score:3, Funny)
If I wanted juice in my soda, I'd steal it from Mark McGwire.
Re:This is slashdot (Score:2, Funny)
No..... this is SPARTA!!!!
Re:Want to get ripped? (Score:5, Funny)
If I want real juice, I just drink Florida Orange Juice®. It's not just for breakfast anymore!
95% chance (Score:4, Funny)
I take it that means there is a 95% chance that this report is bogus, or malicious?
Looks like I'll have to change my sig (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This just in (Score:4, Funny)
you mean, fill in their User Generated statistics maliciously?
Re:This just in (Score:3, Funny)
You have to average those two numbers to get the 95% figure. Don't be so lazy next time.