DegreeInfo.com is "Unsatisfactory" -- so says popular internet watchdog Web of Trust.

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  1. thomas_jefferson

    thomas_jefferson member

    thomas_jefferson, Dec 30, 2010
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  2. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Well, let me just say that I stopped using web of trust several months ago because I found their ratings to be unreliable. What makes the rankings particularly suspicious in the case of degreeinfo would be the low ranking in "vendor reliability," when DI does not sell anything, and "privacy" when, if you so like, all the information that you give to the community could be fictitious. For all I know, you really are Mr.President himself, resurrected. Then again, you might be Paris Hilton or the Numa Numa kid, I have no idea, so your privacy is intact.
     
    Maniac Craniac, Dec 30, 2010
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  3. 03310151

    03310151 Active Member

    For the chosen few (posters with over 500 posts per year let's say) a scientific study could come and say that DInfo causes cancer and the "chosen" would still post here.
     
    03310151, Dec 30, 2010
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  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Oh hell no, if a study shows DegreeInfo causes cancer you all are on your own!

    -=Steve=-
     
    SteveFoerster, Dec 30, 2010
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  5. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    Cancer? Crap.
    Ted, I'm going to need lists ASAP of degrees that can be completed in under 12 months! Any type- any price!!!! NOWWWWWWWWWW
     
    cookderosa, Dec 30, 2010
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  6. StefanM

    StefanM New Member

    Dr. Randell does not need access to this kind of list. :)
     
    StefanM, Dec 30, 2010
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  7. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    ...um...seriously though...do we have a list?
     
    cookderosa, Dec 30, 2010
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  8. BlueMason

    BlueMason Audaces fortuna juvat

    .. like a bucket list for degrees? ..nifty idea!
     
    BlueMason, Dec 31, 2010
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  9. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    WOT is wrong with us?
     
    SurfDoctor, Jan 1, 2011
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  10. BlueMason

    BlueMason Audaces fortuna juvat

    Well..their opinion is unsatisfactory... And opinions are like...noses, everyone has one :)
     
    BlueMason, Jan 1, 2011
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  11. thomas_jefferson

    thomas_jefferson member

    It would be nice if everyone got the WOT plugin for Firefox and gave DI some good ratings. That's what I've done -- it is really easy. Many people put faith in WOT which means potentially losing out on some quality users.
     
    thomas_jefferson, Jan 2, 2011
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  12. Chip

    Chip Administrator

    My guess is our mill owner and mill apologist friends have stuffed the ballot box. If people want to add the WOT plugin and rate us honestly, it would be appreciated :)
     
    Chip, Jan 2, 2011
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  13. thomas_jefferson

    thomas_jefferson member

    Now DI is rated as POOR and any WOT users will get a page warning you about DI before you enter. I think Chip might be right that this some kind of malicious attack.
     
    thomas_jefferson, Jan 2, 2011
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  14. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    FYI, online.degree.net (a DL forum similar, however much inferior to our own) has a low rating. When I used to use Web of Trust, I would always get those annoying warnings to close before I could see the page. It doesn't seem to be negatively affecting their popularity. Well, at least not as much as their dearth of content.
     
    Maniac Craniac, Jan 2, 2011
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  15. airtorn

    airtorn Moderator

    Judging from the fact that the ratings have continuously dropped (and dropped by a significant amount) in the couple of days I've been following it, I agree.

    Haters gonna hate...
     
    airtorn, Jan 2, 2011
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  16. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Another reminder that I have nothing whatever to do with this site. I started it in the mid 90s, Pearson purchased it in 1998, and later sold it to Ten Speed Press, which forgot to renew the URL, and it was 'hijacked' by a man on the island of Vanuatu, who subsequently sold it to the current owners. They keep using my name and some content without permission. Annoying, but at least they are relatively benign. --John Bear
     
    John Bear, Jan 2, 2011
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