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This is valuable code and should be released, but the product's naming and one-line about already betray it's intended purpose (as the author envisions), provid
by niftich 10y ago
This is valuable code and should be released, but the product's naming and one-line about already betray it's intended purpose (as the author envisions), providing an additional vector of criticism.
In cases like this, I feel erring on the side of being less explicit tends to help. Leave just enough out to let everyone read between the lines, and put the pieces together.
Don't say it's a "Machine learning algorithm to connect anonymous accounts to real names", say it's a 'speech pattern analyzer', or say it 'allows comparison of speech patterns for likelihood of same author'.
- SturgeonsLaw 10y agoGood point, but personally I think it's a breath of fresh air that not only has the author elected to forego the doublespeak on describing this tool, but they also sparked a discussion on the ethics of using it.