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> It seems like it wouldn't be hard to train a model on this era of 4chan and create a simulacrum. Out of curiosity, are there any models trained on HN posts?
You're using one right now
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> It seems like it wouldn't be hard to train a model on this era of 4chan and create a simulacrum. Out of curiosity, are there any models trained on HN posts?
You're using one right now
It seems like it wouldn't be hard to train a model on this era of 4chan and create a simulacrum. Posts would happen at a certain frequency with all the users being simulated. I wonder if you could even allow user posts and have the model reply in a realistic way (bullying and all)?
The remarkable thing is how effective bullying is at moderating idiots. Astroturfing state actors aside, the site maintains a high level of on topic civility. There's something inherently wrong with ordering posts by vote count, both because a confident/deceptive idiot can spread his lies like a virus and because it's too easy to game.
Current-day, though? Nah, idiots attract more idiots and most of the site sucks save for a few niche boards/topics.
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The remarkable thing is how effective bullying is at moderating idiots. Astroturfing state actors aside, the site maintains a high level of on topic civility. There's something inherently wrong with ordering posts by vote count, both because a confident/deceptive idiot can spread his lies like a virus and because it's too easy to game.
I'm reasonably sure this is the first time I've ever seen a claim associating civility with 4chan.
Soon to be a question asked about the entire internet pre-2019.