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MacWhispers Done?

Tuesday February 25, 2003 10:01 am PST by Arnold Kim
After a number of inaccurate predictions, MacWhispers appears to be exiting the rumor scene:



    Because of the seemingly unreliable system we have been using to generate "rumors" here, and the near-absence of accuracy from that system, we are stopping all efforts to analyze Apple supplier information, and to convert that information into product release predictions. As counterintuitive as it seems to say that the people building Apple's parts are not reliable information sources, that seems to be the case. So, we're leaving the rumor game, and are proclaiming our month-long experiment as now completed.



Update: It appears that MacWhispers will be continuing to post their "information from sources" aka "Rumors" but simply refrain from drawing specultive conclusions from this information.

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Flowbee
117 months ago
Yet another "quality" product from the Envestco team. :rolleyes:
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yzedf
117 months ago

"We suck at guessing worse than most others. So, we quit!"


Whatever. They suck. Too bad LoopRumors and MacOSRumors don't follow suit :(
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yzedf
117 months ago

Originally posted by Flowbee
Yet another "quality" product from the Envestco team.


product?

Surely you jest!
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Flowbee
117 months ago

Originally posted by yzedf
Whatever. They suck. Too bad LoopRumors and MacOSRumors don't follow suit :(


But without them, where would all the 'page 2' info come from?
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mmanfrey
117 months ago
are we missing something here?

"The reality is simply that, even if we had videotaped evidence that, for instance, 50,000 new iPods were sitting in a California warehouse, ready to ship, that fact would not guarantee that Apple would choose to announce or ship them on any particular date. Without being privy to actual Apple Computer information, no amount of third-party information can reliably predict Apple's actions."


Are they saying they actually have that kind of info?

:confused:
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unfaded
117 months ago
Yeah, they're saying it, and it's probably as accurate as the iPods they said were released today.

They're a bit better than MacOSRumors - MacOSRumors just makes everything up without a hint of sources, while these people seem to just have incredibly bad ones.
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macktheknife
117 months ago
I think whatever Mr. Campbell's history (see the Mactables saga), the approach taken by MacWhispers did have its merits. Analyzing the activity of Apple's suppliers may indeed hint at what Apple is up to, but it does not guarantee that any information gleaned from such sources could be used to make accurate predictions about actual new products, let alone concrete release dates. Thus, I think we should applaud MacWhispers for at least trying.
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chazmox
117 months ago
Also, at least MacWhispers revealed the nature of its sources. I have not found any other rumor site to do this. They usually post a rumor with no indication about its source. The rumors veracity is instantly questionable. For all we know they read the rumor on another board and reposted it.

For instance, I have seen several website post info about the alleged 15.4 inch new powerbook. Are there independant sources for this or are all the rumor site just republishing the MacWhisper rumor ( where I believe it showed up first )? If there are not independent source, then other sites should not poke fingers at MacWhispers for getting stuff wrong - they should be posting independant info only!
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Bear
117 months ago

Originally posted by chazmox
[B]Also, at least MacWhispers revealed the nature of its sources. I have not found any other rumor site to do this. They usually post a rumor with no indication about its source. The rumors veracity is instantly questionable. For all we know they read the rumor on another board and reposted it./B]

Just because someone "reveals" their source doesn't mean that they have a source.

The information and nature of the source could have been fabricated by the person making up the rumor.

If we were lucky all the runor sites with no sources other than other rumor siites would dry up and blow away.
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primalman
117 months ago
Thanks god that idiot is going away....once more. ACK!

:D
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