Posted on 12/22/2017 2:24:13 PM PST by x1stcav
As many of you know as I started my Christmas holiday last night and employed a new app called PostBot to fulfill my commitment and obligations as a productive and engaged member of FR while taking much needed time off. After running it for approximately 24 hours I can report the following.
1. The app kept track of what it perceived were negative replies to those it determined were positive. The ratio was approximately 20:1 positive.
2. It compiled lists from the negative responses as to belligerent (9), thin-skinned (18), irrational (6), nasty (11) and self-righteous/sanctimonious (22). A total of 76 posters were identified as ‘posting pests’ (an arbitrary classification) when the non-classifieds were counted and crossovers were factored in.
3. The app (remember this was a beta version) needs further development as it started to drift into foreign languages and started to unintentionally insult posters in some of those languages.
4. The app was amazingly effective at returning proportional ‘snark’ for any it detected in a reply.
While the developers are satisfied with its initial use it will require considerable further testing.
I’m still analyzing the data the app has provided and may have more to report at a later time.
I want to thank all of you who participated in this trial.
Definition of snark
informal
: an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm with nasty overtones
No good could come from that.
belligerent (9),
thin-skinned (18),
irrational (6),
nasty (11) and
self-righteous/sanctimonious (22).
A total of 76 posters were identified as ‘posting pests’
OMG, I am doubled over with laughter! As one who has a decade's worth of experience interacting with others on this site, i can definitely relate!
Seriously, though. Is this an early April Fool's joke, or did you actually go to the trouble to do this?
I’d love to be able to lay it all out for you but I have non-disclosure agreements withe the developers that I have to honor.
Maybe, in time, the full story can be told.
Just make sure your development partners donate generously to the freepathons.
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