Pluribo - a Firefox add-on that will scan through all reviews associated with a product on Amazon and then prepares a one paragraph executive summary of the same.  Pluribo reflects the philosophy that to get the one best answer, ‘we must harness the power of many perspectives’. It is based on idea that  the Five Star system– as it stands today– has almost no communicative value at all. It is called a weak numerical hack. Pluribo can augment the traditional Five Star system with something much more powerful than a mere numerical summary. Pluribo develops innovative technology to aggregate and synthesize information on the internet. Consensus Ratings is an application of Pluribo’s technology to the unique domain of financial services opinions.This short summary, made by reading all consumer reviews, is displayed neatly at the bottom of the same Amazon web page as shown in the screenshot. You can hover over the underlined features to see what Amazon customers have written specifically about that feature.

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Saturday, June 28th, 2008 at 10:52 am | by Kur-nia-one |