News Without News

The project ideas concern how the ‘comment space’ online may be repurposed through filtering and other analytical techniques for qualitative gains, such as revealing public opinion formation. Dai employs real time scraping technique and interface design to visualise which topics are being debated among users of online media and newspaper
websites. The live feed offers structure in the multitude of discussions: in a simple white on black environment, it places the comments on the most hotly and recently debated articles in a bigger space and font, so users can easily find and manipulate what is worth reading now. The site takes a neutral stance and the presentation is directed only by the popularity of the media featured in the feed.