Show HN: Pravda for the People: We Rate Billionaires.club

Show HN: Pravda for the People: We Rate Billionaires.club(weratebillionaires.club)

8 points by namdas 8 years ago | 11 comments

Your project aims to rate billionaires...but based on what aspect of their personality? Musk wants to rate journalists based on their credibility: do they write what is true or do they blend the truth for a better story? A yes-no rating, regardless of what your target group, makes absolutely no sense.

namdas 8 years ago | |

I don't aim to rate billionaires, I wish to point out the stupidity of allowing the internet at large to vote on the $value of any other random individual in the world.

There are huge problems with our media but a large part of those stem from the proprietors, whether huge corporations in the US or billionaire owned such as Fox. It's rarely down to individual journalists

Sure I could add comments, the ability to submit links with references etc but we all know how it would turn out. A complete shitshow of spam, libellous comments and junk. Much like I expect a crowd based site voting on fellow humans who happen to work for media companies.

ytNumbers 8 years ago |

A nice start. However, there seems to be plenty of room for improvement. You seem to have "Founded Own Company" set to "No" for everyone. Perhaps that field is not actually getting pulled from your database?

namdas 8 years ago | |

Thanks! I was supposed to be working today and it's just a piece of fun based on the news so thought I should draw a line under it rather than improving for ever! You're right tho, I misread the dataset - it's year company founded, not boolean yes/ no, will amend now.

gitgud 8 years ago |

I scrolled through the first 4 people and saw 2 Bill Gates' profiles... Maybe some moderation would help?

namdas 8 years ago | |

Thanks, all dupes have now been merged :)

hotpockets 8 years ago |

This is pretty amusing. But where is Musk?

namdas 8 years ago | |

He was languishing near the bottom, looking young and unhealthy, so I've bumped up his net worth to the most current figure and stuck him to the top :)

fortythirteen 8 years ago |

> Pravda for the People

Is there a reason you're associating yourself with the propaganda arm of mass murderer, Joseph Stalin?

namdas 8 years ago | |

It's a reference to Elon Musk wanting to rate journalists for 'credibility' on a site he's going to call Pravda. I agree, stupid choice of name..

hotpockets 8 years ago | |

This seems a stretch. I think most people will view this as a 1 person, bootstrapped website. It would be hard to confuse it with a campaign of mass murder.