http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology.../stupid.filter
Even if it isn't a huge joke, the idea behind StupidFilter - to create a sort of "spam filter for stupidity in comments" - is surely timely. Lord, do we need something to filter out all the stupidity out there.
The trouble is, whose stupidity? One person's stupidity may be another's rather clever elephant trap. Especially when it comes to asking questions.
The guys at StupidFilter explain it thus: "In the beginning, the internet was a place where you could communicate intelligently with similarly erudite people. Then, Eternal September hit and we were lost in the noise. The advent of user-driven web content has further compounded the problem, straining our tolerance to breaking point."
http://www.stupidfilter.org/main/index.php
The solution we're creating is simple: an open-source filter software that can detect rampant stupidity in written English. This will be accomplished with weighted Bayesian or similar analysis and some rules-based processing, similar to spam detection engines. The primary challenge inherent in our task is that stupidity is not a binary distinction, but rather a matter of degree. To this end, we're collecting a ranked corpus of stupid text, gleaned from user comments on public websites and ranked on a five-point scale.
Even if it isn't a huge joke, the idea behind StupidFilter - to create a sort of "spam filter for stupidity in comments" - is surely timely. Lord, do we need something to filter out all the stupidity out there.
The trouble is, whose stupidity? One person's stupidity may be another's rather clever elephant trap. Especially when it comes to asking questions.
The guys at StupidFilter explain it thus: "In the beginning, the internet was a place where you could communicate intelligently with similarly erudite people. Then, Eternal September hit and we were lost in the noise. The advent of user-driven web content has further compounded the problem, straining our tolerance to breaking point."
http://www.stupidfilter.org/main/index.php
The solution we're creating is simple: an open-source filter software that can detect rampant stupidity in written English. This will be accomplished with weighted Bayesian or similar analysis and some rules-based processing, similar to spam detection engines. The primary challenge inherent in our task is that stupidity is not a binary distinction, but rather a matter of degree. To this end, we're collecting a ranked corpus of stupid text, gleaned from user comments on public websites and ranked on a five-point scale.
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