Midweek Links - April 22, 2015

[he_who_is_nobody]

• Woman's murder by mob sparks rethinking for Afghans'
  
  
• New instrument dates ancient skeleton
  
  
• Self-Described ‘Patriot’ in Georgia Charged With Planting Backpack Bomb
  
  
• Researchers Have Figured Out Troll Behavior and Are Trying to Fix It

As always, comment on the above and/or share any news you deem fit.

 

[Collecemall]

Would ACB make it through the troll filter? I'm not sure I trust the data collected anyway. I was banned from CNN for no apparent reason with no warning. They've pretty much killed their entire comment section now either way.

 

[Dragan Glas]

Greetings,

Would ACB make it through the troll filter? I'm not sure I trust the data collected anyway. I was banned from CNN for no apparent reason with no warning. They've pretty much killed their entire comment section now either way.

Only useful for a "heads-up" - you'd still need a human to make the decision to prevent false-positives and incorrect bans.

Interesting that they found ban-happy sites attracted trolls whilst troll-tolerant sites were less attractive to trolls ...

Kindest regards,

James

 

[he_who_is_nobody]

Interesting that they found ban-happy sites attracted trolls whilst troll-tolerant sites were less attractive to trolls ...

That make sense to me. My troll observations lead me to believe that being ban is one of their goals. Trolls seem to wear that like a badge of honor.