Uber Facts

UberFacts, is a web service/app that provides people with random facts. There is currently a Twitter version, a mobile app version, and a Facebook version. The service was developed by Kris Sanchez in 2009. Sanchez receives the facts through research from books, science articles, the news, and more. [1] He stated that he always confirms the accuracy of the facts prior to releasing them. Mistakes are eventually deleted or updated with corrections. [2]

History

In September 2009, Sanchez was having a boring day in New Paltz, so he decided to look up useless facts to kill time. He wanted an account that had purpose since his personal didn't have one, so he then created UberFacts. UberFacts became increasingly more popular due to tweeting at all times of the day, because back in September, Sanchez only tweeted during the day. [3]

Controversy

On May 21, 2014, the UberFacts Twitter account was hacked, the hacker sent out vulgar messages out. Kris noticed this and tweeted on his personal account that the hacker will have to pay him for every tweet the hacker owes him. On the next day, Kris recovered UberFacts, and announced that his account was hacked and felt sorry if anyone got offended by the vulgar messages the hacker sent out.[4][5]

Criticism

Buzzfeed created an article in March 2014 panning UberFacts for its occasionally incorrect facts, justifying why they're occasionally inaccurate. Buzzfeed then sent an email to Kris inquiring if the facts provided are incorrect, Kris responded saying that the accuracy of his facts are reviewed prior to releasing them and he doesn't cite sources because not everyone would want to see a link at the end of a tweet.[6]

[7][8][9][10] Sanchez stated that he makes approximately 500,000 a year through Uberfacts, and expects that number to increase in the future due to the release of a dedicated app.[11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-man-behind-the-latest-twitter-meme-uberfacts/
  2. ↑ http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/the-truth-about-uberfacts-theyre-often-wrong#.vnJ7zlg0A
  3. ↑ http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-man-behind-the-latest-twitter-meme-uberfacts/
  4. ↑ http://www.businessinsider.com/uberfacts-hacked-2014-5
  5. ↑ http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/05/uberfacts-hacked
  6. ↑ https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/615696617165885440/JDbUuo9H.jpg
  7. ↑ Matt Novak. "UberFacts Isn't Steaming Hot Garbage Anymore". Factually. Gawker Media.
  8. ↑ "UberFacts". UberFacts.
  9. ↑ "How To Make $500,000 A Year On Twitter". Fast Company.
  10. ↑ Paul Sawers (22 April 2014). "UberFacts Launches on iPhone". The Next Web.
  11. ↑ Madeline Stone. "How a 23-year-old makes $500,000 a year tweeting random facts". Business Insider Australia.
  12. ↑ http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-man-behind-the-latest-twitter-meme-uberfacts/. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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