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SECRET SERVICE SOFTWARE WILL 'DETECT SARCASM' IN SOCIAL MEDIA USERS
Reuters ^
| June 3 2014
| No Attribution
Posted on 06/03/2014 11:53:16 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey
The Secret Service is purchasing software to watch users of social networks in real time, according to contract documents.
In a work order posted on Monday, the agency details information the tool will collect -- ranging from emotions of Internet users to old Twitter messages.
Its capabilities will include “sentiment analysis,”
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: praetorianguard; sarcasm; secretservice; socialmedia; ss; waffenss
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To: afsnco
people who for some unknown reason think the Obama Administration are all depraved scumbags How could anyone think that Obama and his followers are depraved scumbags?
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:15:33 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: MeshugeMikey
* U C K - - U
Not sarcasm....
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:15:45 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: MeshugeMikey
43
posted on
06/03/2014 12:15:53 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: MeshugeMikey
The Schutzstaffel acting all paranoid over sarcasm?
Who’d have thunk it?
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:16:51 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: CrappieLuck
Just remember to close out your posts with a </sarc> tag.
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:20:33 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(#BringTheAdultsBackToDC)
To: Darksheare
And why does the secret service need to snoop in on social media? Bet they won’t bother with postings in Arabic.
46
posted on
06/03/2014 12:21:46 PM PDT
by
Texas resident
(The democrat party is now the CPUSA)
To: MeshugeMikey
47
posted on
06/03/2014 12:22:05 PM PDT
by
dagogo redux
(A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Damn..I’m gonna have to switch from sarcasm to innuendo! :O
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:22:10 PM PDT
by
The Duke
("Forgiveness is between them and God, it's my job to arrange the meeting.")
To: All
“I just found a cluster of anti-government animus!”
“Where? Be precise.”
“Between the Rockies and the Appalachians.”
“Call in the drones. How many individuals are we looking at here?”
“Hundred and fifty. Million.”
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:22:17 PM PDT
by
Peter ODonnell
(It wasn't this cold before global warming)
To: afsnco
I thought they were all depraved scumbags, liars, murderers, cheats and satan worshipers.
you will note; there is no sarcasm tag.
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:22:21 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: MeshugeMikey
I sure hope these guys dont use the same code writers the ACA peoples did . .
or do I ?
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:22:23 PM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: alancarp
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:23:26 PM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: MeshugeMikey
I don’t see any reference to “sarcasm-detection software” in the linked story. It just talks about reviving a domestic terrorism unit without specifying any details.
To: MeshugeMikey
I'm okay until they get mind-reading software.
Then I'll worry. :-)
Hey... was that sarcasm? Or not? Is that smiley a clue... or a red herring? Whaddaya think, SS?
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:23:58 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
To: ßuddaßudd
i sense that they cant find their own rear ends with both hands.... a GPS UNIT,,and a Michelin Guide Book!!
55
posted on
06/03/2014 12:24:13 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: MeshugeMikey
Sarcasm is one of the free services I provide
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:24:26 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: The Duke
new innuendo tags are in order no.../O
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:24:49 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: MeshugeMikey
I’m confused. Are they going after sarcastic people or are they trying to filter out sarcasm from actual threats?
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:25:58 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Steve_Seattle
Niether did I!
the closet possible match might be..../s.....the inclusion of .... “Its capabilities will include “sentiment analysis,””
is sarcasm a sentiment?
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:26:30 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: Starstruck
ahahaha they didnt make that terribly clear did they
evidently that turn in your neighbor web site hasnt met their expectations.../si
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posted on
06/03/2014 12:28:03 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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