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Re:Echochamber.js by jMyles on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @06:58PM (#9888629)
Part of the ethical construct of the current form is that there is no trickery. The user sees the real, unadulterated data.
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Re:Echochamber.js by thirdtruck on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @07:10PM (#9888686)
What about Markov chain reconstructions of their own comments?
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Re:Echochamber.js by ihuman on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @07:40PM (#9888833)
There is something similar to that here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditSimulator/

The only difference is that you cannot comment.

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Re:Echochamber.js by Cyph0n on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @08:08PM (#9888946)
My favorite place on Reddit. It's a goldmine of ridiculousness.
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Re:Echochamber.js by Drakim on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @07:19PM (#9888730)
Markov chains need lots of training data to be useful. If you feed it just one comment, it pretty much reproduces that exact comment, maybe switching around or repeating a phrase somewhat.
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Re:Echochamber.js by thirdtruck on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @07:25PM (#9888754)
Given the target commenter user base, I don't see that being an issue. ;)
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Re:Echochamber.js by nicolewhite on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @07:01PM (#9888644)
That is true. It would also betray the name echochamber. :)
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