It's only late afternoon and we've already got a Thanksgiving mystery. API strategist Ben Metcalfe and former SVP of Marketing for Tesla Motors Daryl Siry recently launched Plato's Forms. The duo are intent on "solving the problem of rapid proliferation of misinformation in online media." Although their recent blog post confirms the company's $545,000 dollars in new funding, they are keeping mum on product specifics and how they'll transform media in Spring 2010. In our commitment to truth, justice and better blogging, ReadWriteWeb has a list of issues we hope Plato's Forms addresses:
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