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There’s another reason the L.A. Times’ AI-generated opinion ratings are bad (this one doesn’t involve the Klan)
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Aug. 17, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Amazon, StumbleUpon, and jobs galore

Amazon’s sites topped 282 million visitors in June—more than 20% of the entire global Internet audience http://t.co/oo8nVyH »

"The reverse of what legacy media did": Why some digital startups are branching into print http://t.co/eSBlbIS »

PSA: @newyorkobserver is looking for a politics reporter http://t.co/M483wWh »

StumbleUpon is getting (slightly) less stumble-y http://t.co/2WuDAq1 (via @jaredbkeller) »

#namepower! @capitalnewyork raises $1.7 million and plans to double its staff http://t.co/ouvcN5S »

A hedge fund using Twitter sentiment to make investments beat the market in its first month http://t.co/u8es0Ct (via @lheron) »

"Confirms Wint-o-Green lifesavers spark in the dark"…and other major milestones of @NPR‘s 40 years http://t.co/UojX1lN »

The redesigned @tribapps homepage organizes news apps like traditional content http://t.co/jcGvfhI »

PSA: @theatlanticwire is looking for a news editor (based in D.C.) http://t.co/G5wuuWa »

"Mom – I love you. But you just gotta stop talking to me via TechCrunch comments…" http://t.co/1Dh2aXj »

Tumbling updates: @Breakingnews will use Tumblr’s tag curation functionality to aggregate news in real time http://t.co/WSjldJP »

Smart: @TPM creates a video to help fans add it to @googlenews‘ Editors’ Picks http://t.co/PHR4XZi »

Is the tech press focused on rumors at the expense of ideas? http://t.co/Svvg9Ke »

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