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Analyze voidnull's use of pronouns and do a sim search over other users' accounts on HN and the Web. "Our most forgettable words, such as pronouns and preposit
by espeed 7y ago
Analyze voidnull's use of pronouns and do a sim search over other users' accounts on HN and the Web.
"Our most forgettable words, such as pronouns and prepositions, can be the most revealing: their patterns are as distinctive as fingerprints." [1] - Prof James W. Pennebaker
[1] https://www.secretlifeofpronouns.com https://www.secretlifeofpronouns.com
- hnarn 7y agoI haven't read the book, but does it talk about whether it's possible to "fake" the way you write? I'd also be interested in whether it explored the way people write in web communities, I have a strong feeling people change their tone and phrasing based on the audience (especially when upvoted and downvotes are involved).
- achingtooth 7y agoThat's what the group that hacked the NSA did. https://steemit.com/shadowbrokers/@theshadowbrokers/lost-in-translation https://steemit.com/shadowbrokers/@theshadowbrokers/lost-in-...
- shapiro92 7y agoi would go through a loop of translating the documenting using online translators between X languages. It will create syntax errors but will provide maybe some "hashing"