Swivel, though in preview/beta mode, just recently gained a lot of attention for their new data site. Swivel displays user uploaded data nice and visually for you to see and grasp.
According to Michael Arrington, covering the story at TechCrunch, explains how this tool will be in demand by analysist’s (number crunching researchers) on the one side. And at the same time provides entertaining comparisons for just about anything. Blogs have commented that Swivel may become the Internet Archive for Data. However this could be of concern, if one site controls almost all data, user rated or not, this could be abused for economical or political gain. The possibility of errors and complete incorrect data will widely be present, regardless of the fact that users would have to rate the data for it to gain public opinion. What makes thousands of voters/ratings qualified or educated to determine the quality of the data?