[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by JoMar

Which is why folks read The Washington Post, The NY times etc.....they have no agenda

A lot of folks missed the smiley face at the end of your post.

[Dond1959]

Whether it is a big deal or not is not the question. The question is do you want them spending this kind of money on this system and a public relations officer? My vote is no, a waste of tax dollars.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Sorry to disappoint you but both papers have an agenda.

oops missed that smiley face

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

Zencity, an Israeli startup, uses artificial intelligence to aggregate comments from sources such as social networks, news websites, and municipal hotlines - then reports its findings to government officials.

The last paragraph explains exactly what happens. It's a little geeky, but in layman's terms:

It's an automatic "reverse search" engine. Basically it is a 100% automated computer program that scans incoming data from individual sources, and categorizes each source. Then, this automated computer program analyzes the collected data in each category, and spits out the computerized analysis.

As an example, using the paragraph I just posted above:

"Each word containing fewer than 5 letters is composed of at least one vowel. The most common is the letter a, at 2:3 frequency.

Each word containing 5-8 letters is composed of at least two vowels. The most frequently-occurring vowel in these words is o. The most frequent consonant is the letter s.

The most frequent occurrence of any letter overall is the letter e, which coincides with typical American English writing and grammar structure."


That's the kind of thing that's happening. It's not checking to see WHO is writing things. It's checking to see WHAT's being written, and the overall structure of the data.

If you want to know what people really think, check Social Media. Don't ask people personally, don't create polls. In Social Media, people take down their civility filters and are more likely to express themselves truthfully.

And so, that's what Zencity will be doing for Sumter County.

It's not some rare unique or new method of acquiring information, it's been around for decades.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

A lot of folks missed the smiley face at the end of your post.

That typically doesn't indicate sarcasm. Usually it's a "wink"

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Let's hope so. History has taught us how totalitarian states begin, let's just hope this current trend of nonsense ends in time.

Orwell knew it. Goebbels knew it. Control public opinion through the media. Give the people an enemy to hate, real or imaginary. Make people dependent on the government to survive. Eliminate all belief in anything except the government and its leaders. Destroy the core values of the people. Rewrite their history. And tell the biggest lies possible.

Any of that sound familiar?????

Bingo!

"A lie, repeated often enough, becomes the truth". Joe Goebbels certainly had the ticket when it comes to controlling the gullible.