Active Captain

[twistedtree]

For what it's worth, Slowboat did take this up with Jeff a year or more ago. And posted a thread here on TF on the subject as well. All were met with the same response.

 

[ssobol]

The problem with most internet supplied input is that you have no information on the qualifications of the person making the entry. Someone who is a licensed captain with 40 years experience is likely to provide more accurate and pertinent information than someone out on their first boat ride. However, anyone can post an entry and to all appearances to the reader, they carry the same weight ("Hey, its on Active Captain, it must be accurate!"). Even if the poster lists their qualifications, there is no way to know if the listed qualifications are true.

While this may be fairly inconsequential for Yelp reviews of a local restaurant, when it comes to maneuvering marine vessels in remote locations, the consequences for inaccurate information can be a lot more serious.

Unfortunately, neither the previous operators of Active Captain or Garmin have the resources to vet every entry they receive to the Active Captain database for accuracy.

This may be stating the obvious, but there are way too many people who believe that if it is on the internet, it's got to be true/accurate/honest. It seems that critical thinking is not something they teach in school these days. Guess it isn't on the test.

Caveat Emptor and all that.

 

[BruceK]

Kayley`s surname could be Douglass. Or it could be her maiden name, if Kayley be female. That could explain it in a credible way. But if it was, wouldn`t JS would have said so right away.

 

[Gmarr]

And.....he hasn’t engaged Kayley in now what, 2 years, to come forth to vindicate him....I think that’s the telling scenario. The emails he has are probably those feom his alter ego, or 12 year old niece.... kinda fun to play with is actually

 

[Woodland Hills]

Perhaps it really IS true that behind every great fortune is a crime......?

 

[dhays]

The problem with most internet supplied input is that you have no information on the qualifications of the person making the entry. Someone who is a licensed captain with 40 years experience is likely to provide more accurate and pertinent information than someone out on their first boat ride. However, anyone can post an entry and to all appearances to the reader, they carry the same weight ("Hey, its on Active Captain, it must be accurate!"). Even if the poster lists their qualifications, there is no way to know if the listed qualifications are true.

I think it is key to remember that AC is crowd sourced information. In general, a crowd-sourced consensus is VERY accurate. Any individual review, information, or opinion is suspect, but when aggregated they can be reliable. The problem is when you only have a few entries to go on.