Handful of “highly toxic” Wikipedia editors cause 9% of abuse

Re:Handful of “highly toxic” Wikipedia editors cause 9% of a... by ykler on Saturday February 11, 2017 @01:45PM (#13624034)

"Depressingly, the study also found that very few personal attacks are moderated. Only 17.9% of personal attacks lead to a warning or ban." I'm not sure, but it seems like 17.9% is probably close to the right rate for moderation, not "depressing" or "abysmal". Especially if there are calm comments from experienced users disapproving of the abusive behavior in many of the other cases.

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Re:Handful of “highly toxic” Wikipedia editors cause 9% of a... by kordless on Saturday February 11, 2017 @02:13PM (#13624187)

I find it encouraging we have some AI to throw at this. I've hypothesized for a while that people make blaming statements using biased arguments because it is cheap, effective, and presents the gain of an upper hand without too much risk.

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Re:Handful of “highly toxic” Wikipedia editors cause 9% of a... by makomk on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:16PM (#13625165)

I'm curious if they have stats on how many personal attacks lead to a warning or ban against the target of the personal attack.

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