Comments on: flamewars http://imprompt.us/2006/flamewars/ Computer Science and Teaching and Other Ancillary Things Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:52:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ahniwa http://imprompt.us/2006/flamewars/comment-page-1/#comment-5 ahniwa Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:42:38 +0000 http://imprompt.us/2006/flamewars/#comment-5 This counters your study proposal a bit, but don't you kind of think that people have either a general tendancy to either be nice, or be assholes, and that what features you offer in an online community isn't likely to have a great effect on those predetermined characteristics. As you implied, I'd say that certain types of communities would also attract certain types of people, so coming to a general conclusion based on the variables seems tricky. This counters your study proposal a bit, but don’t you kind of think that people have either a general tendancy to either be nice, or be assholes, and that what features you offer in an online community isn’t likely to have a great effect on those predetermined characteristics.

As you implied, I’d say that certain types of communities would also attract certain types of people, so coming to a general conclusion based on the variables seems tricky.

]]> By: agthorr http://imprompt.us/2006/flamewars/comment-page-1/#comment-67 agthorr Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://imprompt.us/2006/flamewars/#comment-67 <p>You could use a Bayesian estimate of how strongly the program believes a message is a flame, rather than trying to come up with a reliable Boolean classification system.</p> You could use a Bayesian estimate of how strongly the program believes a message is a flame, rather than trying to come up with a reliable Boolean classification system.

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