142.177.114.177 at 02:10, 8 June 2004

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''From the [[Consumerium:FAQ]]''

==Q: What exactly will this look like to me as an end user?==

:A: Here's our best current guess:

::Our front end will be seen by the [[end user]] as a [[red light|red]]/[[yellow light|yellow]]/[[green light]] traffic-type signal, or as a [[score]] easily translated into a [[price premium]], or as a note in [[Simple English]] about issues with, or merits of, the product. Release of this advice is keyed to [[bar code]]s.

''This information, the [[Consumerium buying signal]], helps you decide to buy or not buy.''

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==Q: How will this data be updated to the users' device?==

:A:There are several ways to connect back to front end: we may rely on frequently updated data embedded in hand-held devices, and/or dynamic retrieval via [[short-range wireless]] to the shelf front. Where possible, reasons for making buying decisions, or refusing a certain product, will go as [[feedback]] to the [[producer]]s.

''This will hopefully change the way [[marketing]] happens to appeal more to values and less to superficial factors. See [[Consumerium:Executive summary]].''

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==Q: How will this data be kept accurate?==

:A:Our back end relies on [[opinion wiki]] comments compiled by software using a [[wikitext standard]]. [[Semantic link]] standards may be required also. To work out the conventions and issues involved, we are working through a wiki in the R&D phase.

''This is that wiki. It is called the [[Development Wiki]] to differentiate it from the [[Research Wiki]] where facts are debated and most [[trolling]] occurs and from the [[Publish Wiki]] which has the exact information released to users and indexed on the net via [[google]] and other [[search engine]] resources.''

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