Women in Technology

Hear us Roar

Article:		Patterns for Communication, Moderation, and Information Processing
Subject:		Re: "Shut Up!" "No, You Shut Up!"
Date:		2006-04-06 13:59:56
From:		Gambler

This is yet another attempt to develop patterns and algorithms for something that requires merely a common sense and an open mind. Trolling? Flaming? Unfunny cascades? These are not �social ills� of the Internet communication, but subjectively assigned negative labels. Developing patterns to combat those �ills� is akin to developing drugs to treat social deviance. Besides, analysis of any social phenomena should start with giving clear and objective definitions of variables involved. Speaker uses the non-word annoyingness several times like it is supposed to mean the same thing for everybody. Annoying to whom? Personally, I find Slashdot comments (which are used as example in podcast) highly annoying. Most of the articles are swarmed by �mandatory� jokes and other predictable responses. Moreover, active moderation �lasts� only a couple of days, and all comments afterwards have default scores.