Re: [CM] Troll spotting algorithm

From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups	comp.misc, alt.just.trolling
Subject	Re: [CM] Troll spotting algorithm
Date	2015-04-16 23:15 +1000
Message-ID	<cp9r0gFotorU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<mgj9jq$538$1@solani.org>

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On 15/04/2015 12:52 AM, RS Wood wrote:
>  From the «none of that here» department:
> Title: Stanford Computer Scientists Develop "Troll-Spotting Algorithm,"...
> Author:
> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 07:04:46 -0400
> Link: http://www.topix.net/science/computer-science/2015/04/1504119NENVT?fromrss=1
>
> A group of Stanford computer scientists have developed an algorithm that
> supposedly can detect trolls by analyzing as few as five comments . Today,
> Justin Cheng at Stanford University in California and a few pals say they have
> created just such a tool by analyzing the behavior of trolls on several
> well-known websites and creating an algorithm that can accurately spot them
> after as few as 10 posts.

On has to wonder how they validate their data.

After all, before one can check the algorithm, one has to have some 
other way of identifying trolls.

A more accurate statement of the accomplishment would be that the 
scientists have created an algorithm that replicates their own 
assessment of who is a troll.

Sylvia.

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  Re: [CM] Troll spotting algorithm Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-14 14:02 -0400
    Re: [CM] Troll spotting algorithm Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-04-14 19:19 +0100
      Re: [CM] Troll spotting algorithm Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-14 14:28 -0400
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          Re: [CM] Troll spotting algorithm RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-04-15 11:26 +0000
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  Re: [CM] Troll spotting algorithm Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2015-04-15 11:02 +0100
    Re: [CM] Troll spotting algorithm Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-15 11:45 -0400
  Re: [CM] Troll spotting algorithm Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-04-16 23:15 +1000
  Re: [CM] Troll spotting algorithm Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2015-04-23 12:30 -0400

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