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Lolapps

Lolapps was a developer and publisher of social games on the Facebook platform. Lolapps was best known for creating Ravenwood Fair with John Romero which had 25 million players worldwide. In 2011, Lolapps merged with social games publisher 6waves to become 6waves Lolapps. Combined, the companies had 35 million monthly active users, which made 6waves Lolapps the second largest game publisher on Facebook behind Zynga.

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Article summary

Lolapps was a developer and publisher of social games on the Facebook platform. Lolapps was best known for creating Ravenwood Fair with John Romero which had 25 million players worldwide. In 2011, Lolapps merged with social games publisher 6waves to become 6waves Lolapps. Combined, the companies had 35 million monthly active users, which made 6waves Lolapps the second largest game publisher on Facebook behind Zynga.

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  1. date of foundation: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495328

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