For a side experiment, I'm not going to fault or bash any company-- we've got a few of our own experiments which aren't the prettiest/best sites in the world.
> At other times it is weird — it does reflect the web after all.
I can see a lot of hackers wanting to try something like this and see if they can iteratively make it better and better and better.
Doesn't this sort of a site sound like something people here would love to toy with?
> For each query, Cpedia algorithmically summarizes and clusters the ideas on the web and uses this to generate a report. We do the heavy lifting of removing all the repetition, so that unique and novel content surfaces.
I personally think it's cool for people to try weird things like this-- even if the attempts fail.