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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: bill on April 19, 2015, 11:11:14 AM

Title: Scientists create algorithm that ‘identifies future trolls from just five posts’
Post by: bill on April 19, 2015, 11:11:14 AM
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
Title: Re: Scientists create algorithm that ‘identifies future trolls from just five posts’
Post by: rcjordan on April 19, 2015, 11:36:08 AM
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Title: Re: Scientists create algorithm that ‘identifies future trolls from just five posts’
Post by: nffc on April 19, 2015, 04:24:43 PM
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Title: Re: Scientists create algorithm that ‘identifies future trolls from just five posts’
Post by: Rupert on April 20, 2015, 05:15:10 AM
QuoteWith 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.
Title: Re: Scientists create algorithm that ‘identifies future trolls from just five posts’
Post by: Rooftop on April 20, 2015, 08:23:21 AM
Quote from: Rupert on April 20, 2015, 05:15:10 AM
I can see people getting banned before the start.

They do already.  Try registering on forums with an Indian IP.
Title: Re: Scientists create algorithm that ‘identifies future trolls from just five posts’
Post by: JasonD on April 20, 2015, 09:04:07 AM
I grabbed the paper on Saturday, it makes for interesting reading.

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1504.00680v1.pdf
Title: Re: Scientists create algorithm that ‘identifies future trolls from just five posts’
Post by: Brad on April 20, 2015, 11:46:13 AM
>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.
Title: Re: Scientists create algorithm that ‘identifies future trolls from just five posts’
Post by: Mackin USA on April 20, 2015, 11:55:55 AM
Ihelpy*u forums

O the memories  ::)
Title: Re: Scientists create algorithm that ‘identifies future trolls from just five posts’
Post by: rcjordan on April 20, 2015, 12:08:42 PM
I *definitely* remember preemptive banning on a forum or six.

Bastards.