FlipFact.com - Where Opinion Becomes Fact

It is regularly stated that the truth is what one believes it to be, and the people at Flipfact.com have come up with a whole website to make that principle take life. The site displays a series of “facts” on general issues (science, health, government, politics, etc), so that people can vote on them positively or negatively and decide if they are true or false. After you vote on such insidious topics like “George W. Bush rightfully won the 2000 United States presidential election” or “Aliens visited Roswell, New Mexico, in 1948”, the site indicates how other community members have felt about it by indicating three possible answers, which are that most of the voters think it’s true, false, or that the numbers are at odds. The site has only been launched, so the facts and fiction statements are still limited, but all registered users are welcome to suggest topics for voting and discussion.

“The world is full of disputed knowledge. FlipFact lets the collective wisdom of the people decide the truth behind controversial facts. Your opinion matters here. Don't put it to waste”.

This site is positioned as a marketing tool, as users can post stuff like “Bob's Bargain Barn has the best deals on barnyard accessories” and get other users to vote and thus build and promote a business, website or project. It is quite likely that it can build up as an alternative way to generate direct marketing strategies.

The simplicity of the fact/fiction outlook can be a bit unappealing to a large audience, and in any case it seems that there should be some evidence to support claims, which is a thing that could be easily solved by adding a link to wikipedia or other source of unbiased information, and thus encourage interesting debate. Will they consider it?