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Comment on Galaxy Zoo is Open Source by How to Translate Galaxy Zoo | Galaxy Zoo

How to Translate Galaxy Zoo | Galaxy Zoo — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:38:08 +0000

[...] too long ago we announced that Galaxy Zoo has gone open source – along with several other Zooniverse projects. Part of that announcement was that it is now [...]

Comment on Galaxy Zoo is Open Source by Cross Post from the Zooniverse Blog: Galaxy Zoo is Open Source | Galaxy Zoo

Cross Post from the Zooniverse Blog: Galaxy Zoo is Open Source | Galaxy Zoo — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:06:23 +0000

[...] Galaxy Zoo is Open Source [...]

Comment on Optimizing for interest : Why people aren’t machines by Jean Tate

Jean Tate — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:58:09 +0000

Huh?!? What happened to the other five responses, previously visible here?

Comment on Optimizing for interest : Why people aren’t machines by Jean Tate

Jean Tate — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:37:28 +0000

And maybe some botany-mad zooites actually *prefer* those nothing-but-grass images? I suppose that, for them, the things to look out for are very different …

Comment on Optimizing for interest : Why people aren’t machines by Margaret Kosmala

Margaret Kosmala — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:13:48 +0000

Great things to think about. Maximizing interest is tricky… I know in Snapshot Serengeti our volunteers are interested in different things, just as they have different classification strengths. We try to minimize nothing-but-grass images, for example, but I’ve seen at least a few people Talk about how much they love seeing the “peacefully waving grass” and the “beautiful landscapes.”

Comment on Optimizing for interest : Why people aren’t machines by Half65

Half65 — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:32:24 +0000

I understand that we can be more efficient but IMHO the time spent in Zooniverse is never lost.

Comment on I, for one, welcome our new machine collaborators by Optimizing for interest : Why people aren’t machines | Zooniverse

Optimizing for interest : Why people aren’t machines | Zooniverse — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:01:21 +0000

[...] In the past we’ve shown that machines can learn from us, but we’ve also talked about the need for a system that can combine the best of human and machine. [...]

Comment on Why SciStarter.com is Bad For Citizen Science by Chandra Clarke

Chandra Clarke — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:14:03 +0000

Interesting discussion! For the record, everything at citizensciencecenter.com is searchable and no login required.

Comment on Why SciStarter.com is Bad For Citizen Science by Jean Tate

Jean Tate — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:47:09 +0000

By chance, I got an email from SciStarter shortly after reading this blog post (I had subscribed, some time ago, after coming across it, somewhere in the Zooniverse I think).

I unsubscribed. When asked for feedback/comments, I suggested they visit this blog post, and respond to what Arfon wrote …

Comment on Why the Zooniverse is easy to use. by Jean Tate

Jean Tate — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:44:36 +0000

How do Trackbacks/Pingbacks work? #2 on this blog post is "Pearl across the Zooniverse: ...", from the Florida State Tribune. However, that webpage has a link, "Check out the original source here." Clicking that brings you to a Yahoo! News page, with the byline "By Caren Cooper | Scientific American – Thu, Feb 28, 2013" With some effort, I was able to find the original, the source, the index case: Pearls across the Zooniverse: When Crowdsourcing Becomes Citizen Science Interestingly, both the original and the Yahoo! News versions contain formatting and images which are lost in the Florida State Tribune version, considerably weakening the article. So, why wasn't the source - a SciAm Guest blog - picked up? Also, what is a "Twitter stream"?