Author Topic: Scientists create algorithm that ‘identifies future trolls from just five posts’  (Read 2801 times)

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Scientists create algorithm that ‘identifies future trolls from just five posts’
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/scientists-create-algorithm-that-identifies-future-trolls-from-just-five-posts/

We need an API

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With all the information together, they created a prediction model which can guess with 80% accuracy whether or not that user will go on to be banned from just their first five posts. Looking at the first 10 raises the accuracy of the model by a further two percentage points,

" Innocent until proven guilty"??

I can see people getting banned before the start.
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I can see people getting banned before the start.

They do already.  Try registering on forums with an Indian IP.

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I grabbed the paper on Saturday, it makes for interesting reading.

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1504.00680v1.pdf

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>Indian

I think I remember preemptive banning on a forum or two, probably Russia and China back then.

Although, occasionally a trolling straffing run on Ihelpy*u forums was entertaining.

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O the memories  ::)
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I *definitely* remember preemptive banning on a forum or six.

Bastards.