Create your favourite website, automatically

[AGENDA21]

A new tool offers to create websites on any subject, allowing web surfers to sit back, relax and watch a virtual space automatically fill up with relevant news stories, blog posts, maps and photos.

The website asks its users to come up with any subject they are interested in, such as a TV show, sports team or news topic, and to submit links to their five favourite news articles, blogs or photos on that subject. Working only from this data, the site then automatically creates a webpage on that topic, known as a Boxxet. The name derives from “box set”, which refers to a complete set CDs or DVDs from the same band or TV show.

The site’s algorithm starts by reading through the web pages submitted by the user. It calculates the frequency of unique words and which words these unique words are likely to be adjacent to. It also notes the number of images and which news organisation or blogger created those pages.

It uses this data to filter its index of web pages and RSS feeds, depositing anything highly relevant in the Boxxet. The Boxxet is constantly updated as new stories appear, and the type of information is also modified by ratings provided by new visitors to the site.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8820

[displacedtexan]

1. That sounds cool!

I wonder who's on the introductory "by invitation only" list for April's launch.

[bryant69]

2. Ominous

First of all, this program when it goes live will be corporate controlled. Which means that if you are interested in, say, the Simpsons, you'll be directed to many places you can buy Simpsons DVDs before being directed to fan sites.

Secondly, it will filter out automatically stuff we wouldn't like, which will, presumably insulate us from opinions we aren't interested in hearing. Some people naturally seek out people who disagree with them, but many don't. Thos who don't will be in a protective online bubble ensuring they don't see views thaty dont' like.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[BlueJazz]

3. Yes!..I can finally start my Life-Long dream.

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