[4eyes] "Amen" app: like Twitter, but with structure

[Saiph Savage]

Folks,



http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/12/amen-aims-to-find-the-best-of-everything-with-a-smart-interface/is
a description of a startup that makes an app called “Amen”.  In short,
the app enables a person to post an opinion, such as “Peets is the best
coffee in Portland”, and then enables everyone to either agree or disagree
with it, via an “Amen” button and a “Hell No” button with the ability to
replace the term “Peets” with something you think is better (“Longbottom is
the best coffee in Portland”).



Pretty silly on the surface, but the article points out that a lot of
companies are having fits trying to data mine Twitter feeds, because they’re
unstructured.  Amen provides structured data: {X, Y, Z} is the best A.  It’s
easily mineable to find what people think of your company’s brands.



I never thought of the idea of an app for making data-mineable comments.  It
feels like something to watch


-- 
Norma Saiph Savage
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