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Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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They didn't use that as an indicator of depression. All they did was pass into the model the number of faces in the frame. The analysis afterwards suggested that depressed people tend to not have group photos.

Shit, I don't have group photos :(

I guess I should photoshop more people in my stock facebook placeholder :^(

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They didn't use that as an indicator of depression. All they did was pass into the model the number of faces in the frame. The analysis afterwards suggested that depressed people tend to not have group photos.

Shit, I don't have group photos :(

Do you also have the other markers?

It's not like a single marker determines everything.

It's not even like having ALL markers means one is 100% depressed.

It merely gives you a confidence score in the person being depressed.

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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And in 10 years, this will be a part of your Citizen Score. I should burn this nickname and be more diligent about persona management. Or get off social media entirely.

I used to think similarly, these days I tend to be in fear is feeding the system, with a good deal of 'government do not scare me'... Western Europe ones that is.heh

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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And in 10 years, this will be a part of your Citizen Score. I should burn this nickname and be more diligent about persona management. Or get off social media entirely.

> Or get off social media entirely.

That will also be part of your Citizen Score, or it will impact your life like having a bad Citizen Score. Kind of like how you can't get a loan because you haven't had a loan before and you don't have a credit rating.

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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And in 10 years, this will be a part of your Citizen Score. I should burn this nickname and be more diligent about persona management. Or get off social media entirely.

> Or get off social media entirely.

Wouldn't that be a bigger red flag?

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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post #2

TL;DR - If you post a lot of gray pictures of yourself with a sad face that nobody likes or comments on, you are probably depressed. They used the color of the photographs, number of people in the photos, level of engagement, and happiness rated by Mechanical Turk to determine depression.

Hahaha... mechanical Turk, I was one of those, the xxx ones were at least entertaining

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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And in 10 years, this will be a part of your Citizen Score. I should burn this nickname and be more diligent about persona management. Or get off social media entirely.

> Or get off social media entirely. Wouldn't that be a bigger red flag?

Red flag of what, though? Eg, I stay away from social media, and create burners for just about everything (rotating burners semi frequently depending on how many random details I post, etc) - so what am I an indicator of? I try to be a Ghost.

I'm sure a ghost is an indicator for some things, but the majority of it is just speculation right? I have trouble thinking of how a lack of information about someone could be harmful as a source of information.

Now, I could see it becoming harmful in that I have to have some type of Citizen Score to apply for jobs, be accepted for loans, get insurance, etc etc. That's quite reasonable, imo. Yet, it's still seems different than being a source of information, e.g. this person is unstable, or this person is depressed, etc.

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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post #10
post #8

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In general I call this the Magarshak score: How many comments vs shares does a content post have? Comments - disagree with it, want to correct something, controversy Shares - agree with it, want to spread it more widely, echo chamber

Wouldn't that be the Magarshak ratio?

No because 100:100 and 0:0 would be equal in value but far different in meaning. It must be a score and not a ratio.

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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> Or get off social media entirely. Wouldn't that be a bigger red flag?

Red flag of what, though? Eg, I stay away from social media, and create burners for just about everything (rotating burners semi frequently depending on how many random details I post, etc) - so what am I an indicator of? I try to be a Ghost. I'm sure a ghost is an indicator for some things, but the majority of it is just speculation right? I have trouble thinking of how a lack of information about someone could be h…

Your ghosts have ip addresses and the snoops have taps, so really it's only your reputation with the other users you are running from.

I play the same game. :)

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