“Twitter has an algorithm that creates harassment all by itself”

Re:“Twitter has an algorithm that creates harassment all by ... by omegaworks on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @06:15PM (#20289804)

The surprising thing about all of this is that sentiment analysis--machine learning algorithms that can interpret the feeling you're trying to convey with your words--is a fairly solved problem.

These companies can easily put a filter over this engagement maximization algorithm and they are choosing not to.

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Re:“Twitter has an algorithm that creates harassment all by ... by trickstra on Thursday June 27, 2019 @04:35AM (#20292672)

But why would they do it? They have some pretty solid data to support the argument that more engagement, whatever the quality, equals more money to the poster, and more money to the platform. There is no bad publicity. The question is what can we do about it? It exploits basic human psychology.

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Re:“Twitter has an algorithm that creates harassment all by ... by JetSpiegel on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @08:03PM (#20290567)

Of course, machine can read the commenters' minds, this is a solved problem.

I, for one, welcome our mechanical overlords.

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Re:“Twitter has an algorithm that creates harassment all by ... by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday June 27, 2019 @05:18AM (#20292876)

Sorry, can you provide some citations to "sentiment analysis being a solved problem". Last time I looked, it was decidely non-trivial, though I admit I haven't followed the topic in a few years.

And it is worth noting that if these companies could stop this with limited engagement impact, they totally would as it would get them out of the horrible political hole they are in right now.

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