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Yeah -- the latter is obviously much easier to identify because it's much more explicit/clear cut. The first are of course, transphobic given the clear intent,
by cipher129 4y ago
Yeah -- the latter is obviously much easier to identify because it's much more explicit/clear cut.
The first are of course, transphobic given the clear intent, but it there is definitely some ambiguity w/o context. Ie, if something just posted, "He will never be a woman" there's definitely many contexts where something like that is not malicious. Ie, if someone else is correcting an accidental mis-gender, they might say, "No, she is actually a he" which isn't malicious.
Since the state of our API (and literally every other similar system out there, lol) can't capture the context of the conversation -- what "He" is referring to, the overall topic of the conversations, etc -- we basically have to make the best calls given the available context...which unfortunately does create false negatives in certain cases (and false positives in others).
But, context is something we're working on, because its definitely a big issue, and as you can see, plays a very prominent role in informing better moderation decisions!