From wine ratings to wine blog ratings
A few miles of weekend driving home from Marin County had me daydreaming. Since last week’s discussion of standardizing wine ratings among bloggers, I found my thoughts morphing into whimsy. When I arrived home, I thought I’d see how my blog stacks up. Apparently I offer good family entertainment.
We’re keepin’ it healthy and wholesome here at Winehiker Central.
June 26th, 2007 10:02
Made me day. I checked my rating. I’m G, too, despite the fact that I used the word “crack” once (as in “crack open a bottle of.” Wonder how many times I need to say that before I get bumped to PG13?
June 26th, 2007 10:35
And I used the word “shit” once recently. Oops - I did it again! I suppose I’ll be spiralling into the NC-17 vortex within moments of writing this….
June 27th, 2007 01:59
I only got a PG - imagine my deep disappointment!
June 27th, 2007 11:48
Hi Russ:
I tried it as well and I barely got into the “G” category. I used the word “breast” in my post on Rosé and it told me I had used it 3 times. At first I thought “what are they talking about?” and then I realized I had discussed Riedel’s new Rosé glass and Riedel’s kind offer to donate part of the sales revenue to “Living Beyond Breast Cancer” I hope I don’t get you into trouble with you rating using that word. After all you have already used the word “sh..” a couple of times now.
Happy Trails to you!
June 27th, 2007 11:51
Oops! I meant “your” rating, not “you” rating. Might now be in trouble for bad grammar.
June 27th, 2007 11:54
Hey Wilf, this is a family show!
But seriously, I have to wonder at algorithms that tag certain words without also taking context into account. Your mention of breast cancer certainly illustrates this point.
I mean really: can these programs tell the difference between “walking abreast on the trail” and “walking a breast on the trail”?
June 28th, 2007 01:12
There’s gotta be a leash law…