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Boaty McBoatface: What You Get When You Let the Internet Decide

165 点作者 pldpld大约 9 年前

30 条评论

noir_lord大约 9 年前
They should run with it, the positive PR now and in the future when the RSS Boaty McBoatface docks would be worth it.<p>It would also show a sense of humour and make it something fun.
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KineticLensman大约 9 年前
To be clear, the U.K. Govt website [1] allows people to submit suggestions, and the NERC are not obliged to use the highest ranking suggestion. Although personally I liked &#x27;what iceberg&#x27; as a name<p>Edit: added link<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nerc.ac.uk&#x2F;press&#x2F;releases&#x2F;2016&#x2F;10-ship-naming&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nerc.ac.uk&#x2F;press&#x2F;releases&#x2F;2016&#x2F;10-ship-naming&#x2F;</a>
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golemotron大约 9 年前
Although these pranks are funny they highlight a something very serious - the failure case of direct democracy. When minor issues come up for vote not everyone cares. The people who do care enough to vote can easily be trolls.<p>As an example, imagine that a vote comes up for raising tolls from $1 to $2 on little used street. It&#x27;s one of 1000 votes a month in a direct democracy. There&#x27;s little chance of getting attention if you get a bunch of people together to vote &quot;no&quot; but what if you get a bunch of people together to vote &quot;no&quot; on all odd numbered streets?<p>A large number of contests with low voter interest, plus the potential for publicity is fertile ground for trolling.
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gruturo大约 9 年前
Similar thing happened in Iceland a few years ago. Before starting work to review the constitution, they ran a facebook poll to get input from the population. Top suggestions were &quot;Free Ice Cream&quot;and &quot;More Volcanoes&quot;: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.engadget.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;07&#x2F;31&#x2F;icelands-crowdsourced-constitution-submitted-for-approval-nyan&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.engadget.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;07&#x2F;31&#x2F;icelands-crowdsourced-con...</a>
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rubyfan大约 9 年前
What is so wrong with it?<p>Does it sound like every other seagoing vessel before it? No but who cares. It&#x27;s unique and wonderful that human beings have a sense of humor. Maybe public works projects need more of this.
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arien大约 9 年前
Here&#x27;s a entertaining&#x2F;embarrassing story from Spain, related to this.<p>A few years ago (2008), the Spanish organisers of the Eurovision contest thought it would be a great idea to allow the public to decide who should represent the country in the Eurovision contest. Amongst all songs entered was this silly parody from a comedian, playing a fake musician called Chikilicuatre [0].<p>So well... After some heavy campaigning&#x2F;trolling by the TV channel that &#x27;created&#x27; this character and song, it came out as the winner. You can imagine the organisers&#x27; face after this! But they sullenly accepted it and let him join the contest [1].<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rodolfo_Chikilicuatre" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rodolfo_Chikilicuatre</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=uRQhZtbm97I" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=uRQhZtbm97I</a><p>P.S. They learned their lesson and changed the voting system so it could not be exploited again.
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jjp大约 9 年前
Pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan to all-Stations, all-Stations, all-Stations, this is RSS Boaty McBoatface. We are currently not sure where we are and are suffering from a social media crisis. Please advise whether we should follow the masses or maintain our stiff upper lip
spaceheeder大约 9 年前
Why on earth does the naming of a boat need to be a solemn affair? Why is it a bad thing that &quot;what we get&quot; is lighthearted? Won&#x27;t this make more people invested in and engaged with the research purpose of the boat?<p>This excerpt from a speech John Cleese gave on creativity was the first thing to come to mind when I read this headline: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=h7fyOLe-xn4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=h7fyOLe-xn4</a>
tremon大约 9 年前
I love this kind of british humour, however crude. In my mind, it&#x27;s similar to the campaigns (most years?) to have a non-christmas song be the #1 christmas single.
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kristianc大约 9 年前
This reads less like a thoughtful consideration of what happens when you let the Internet decide than a naked attempt by NYTimes to grab a quick hit of local search traffic around &#x27;Boaty McBoatface.&#x27;
arethuza大约 9 年前
Possibly a bit late, but I&#x27;d love to suggest:<p>&quot;Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall&quot;
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exar0815大约 9 年前
Well, they should have known better. When they were searching a name for a bridge close to the new Wembley Stadium, german fans hijacked the Poll and voted for &quot;Dietmar Hamann Bridge&quot;, a german national soccer player.<p>Also, in a small town in germany, people voted for a &quot;Bud Spencer Tunnel&quot;. As a concession, the city council named the local swimming pool for him, after they found out he had been training there when a olympic swimmer prior to his acting career.
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userbinator大约 9 年前
Better than paying a group of &quot;naming experts&quot; some huge amount of money, only for them to come up with a generic-sounding name.<p>The Internet can be very silly but also a great source of creativity.
rglovejoy大约 9 年前
Back in the 90&#x27;s, People magazine ran an internet competition for the most beautiful person alive. Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf won by a mile.
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kgabis大约 9 年前
There&#x27;s a Obi-Wan Kenobi sreet in Poland [0].<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;starwars.wikia.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ulica_Obi-Wana_Kenobiego" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;starwars.wikia.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ulica_Obi-Wana_Kenobiego</a>
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eps大约 9 年前
Remember that episode when Colbert managed to get 17 million votes to get a new Hungarian bridge named after him? That&#x27;s versus ~10 million of total population of Hungary. The outcome was highly predictable, but it didn&#x27;t make the process any less entertaining :)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Megyeri_Bridge#Results" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Megyeri_Bridge#Results</a>
pnathan大约 9 年前
Truly the wisdom of crowds. I am reminded once again of the perils of direct democracy.
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samfpetersen大约 9 年前
What you get when you let the internet decide what words to put in a haiku: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.crowdhaiku.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.crowdhaiku.com</a>
J-dawg大约 9 年前
Related:<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;funny&#x2F;comments&#x2F;13j3hs&#x2F;laughed_my_ass_off_when_i_saw_this_good_job&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;funny&#x2F;comments&#x2F;13j3hs&#x2F;laughed_my_as...</a><p>and<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;10506482" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;10506482</a>
hugozap大约 9 年前
One of the best &quot;when you let internet decide&quot; moments was the Eurovision 2008 contestant for Spain. Organizers tried online votation and this guy won: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=A47UTfzoj-Q" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=A47UTfzoj-Q</a>
rwmj大约 9 年前
Similar to the famous Glasgow statue with the now traditional traffic cone: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24907190" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24907190</a>
amyjess大约 9 年前
A few years ago, there was an online poll to name the next Mountain Dew flavor, which was supposed to taste like granny smith apples.<p>The winner was &quot;Hitler Did Nothing Wrong&quot;. Other top contenders included &quot;Gushing Granny&quot; and &quot;Fapple&quot;.
stevenh大约 9 年前
I was unable to read the article at first due to a malfunctioning scroll hijacking script. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;livememe.com&#x2F;nyt.webm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;livememe.com&#x2F;nyt.webm</a><p>Reloading the page fixed the issue. Bad ad network?
ccvannorman大约 9 年前
So, basically what we&#x27;re learning is that the internet <i>as a whole</i> will tend to act in trollish, hilarious ways for things that don&#x27;t matter.<p>I might be okay with that.
bitwize大约 9 年前
This is 2016&#x27;s &quot;Mr. Splashy Pants&quot;.
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yread大约 9 年前
Well they asked internet for suggestions and got some good ones and some bad ones. Plus some extra publicity. So it worked
Lasher大约 9 年前
Meanwhile, someone has already registered BoatyMcBoatface.com
mtgx大约 9 年前
I dislike the NYT more and more these days. I knew as I read that the title the article was from NYT. They are becoming very predictable in their biases.
ck2大约 9 年前
Well just give people a vote but secure veto rights so you can pick from a runner-up.<p>Not that complicated.<p>Crowdsourcing can be wonderful but it does have its pitfalls for the lowest common denominator.
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coderdude大约 9 年前
They should just admit that Boaty McBoatface is a stupid name, that asking &quot;the Internet&quot; to decide was a stupid idea, and quickly bury this idea behind them. At least it would set a precedent. I can&#x27;t ever remember anything like this turning into something cool or favorable.<p>I know it was for the publicity. It worked, so good for that boat-line.
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