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> In the end, using one simple algorithm to battle this is kinda of naive, not because it won't work for simple cases, but it fails to cover corner cases. In su
by username223 10y ago
> In the end, using one simple algorithm to battle this is kinda of naive, not because it won't work for simple cases, but it fails to cover corner cases. In such scenario, human judgement is still crucial.
I agree that it doesn't cover corner cases, but why should it? If an algorithm knocks out 90% of the crap (like 70news.wordpress.com), there's much less work for the humans.
Also, wow, I didn't know Breitbart was quite that nutty. It reminds me of that LBJ quip along the lines of "it doesn't matter if he porks pigs or not, but now I made him deny it." This seems like a case where a human could do a bit of actual investigation, decide that the article's "Hillary is a lesbian" gist was BS, and permanently penalize Breitbart for publishing it.