May 2009
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Revealing bias in real-time with FairSpin and...
One of the more interesting trends in media these days is the mass migration of journalists and bloggers to Twitter. It seems like nearly everyone has an account, from professional writers to TV pundits to entire newsrooms. While some of these feeds simply echo content that is already available elsewhere (for example, tweeting a newspaper’s headlines), many of them are in fact very...
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You spoke, we listened: some new improvements
Since FairSpin launched a few weeks ago we’ve been constantly gathering feedback from our users and looking for ways to improve the service. A few common themes have emerged, and today we’re taking action on them by making some improvements to FairSpin.
New condensed layout
FairSpin’s homepage now features a 3-column layout instead of the original 5-column approach. It...
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Tweet the vote
FairSpin is now integrated with Twitter. After you vote on a story you’ve read, you’ll be given the option of tweeting your vote:
Your FairSpin tweets include the title and URL of the story, and also indicate how you voted (left, right, or neutral). Here’s an example:
Twitter integration makes it easy to share interesting stories — and your opinions about...