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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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"The more comments Instagram posts received, the more likely they were posted by depressed participants"

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

I think this works better for something like Facebook, Instagram comments tend to be compliments.

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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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

What kind of tasks were you hired to do on this latter topic?

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?

Yeah, you need to have a carefully curated, carefully boring and mainstream social media presence. As the Laundry requires of its employees.

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'm pretty sure the only reason social media isn't incorporated into credit scoring is that it's too difficult to reliably attach to a given individual without help from Facebook, etc. FB definitely does not want to become a consumer credit reporting agency, so their ability to cooperate without triggering the FCRA is limited.

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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

What kind of tasks were you hired to do on this latter topic?

Tagging scenes Genders in the scene Positions etc...

I'm curious how ML will do that, not how but accuracy would be cool to make (train) the model. Also with thumbnails that capture the viewer's attention.

The other jobs were brute searching sites in hopes to improve SEO.

Transcribing photos of receipts (funny those ads, some poor schmuck being paid 12 cents per 10 min job).

Oh I remember an awkward one it was some social site's user photo uploads, I had to tag images with babies. So weird to see so many 'public' yet seemingly intimate photos. Not nude, just random people's photos.

I did this for a whole week as much as I could do sanely, made $55 not worth it. Washing plates makes more money.

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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User, it appears you are trying to upload a photo displaying negative emotions. Please upload a new photo expressing a happiness quotient of at least .75 as per terms and conditions.

Excellent. But more likely this user will see an uptick in ads for self-help products and antidepressants.

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I think this works better for something like Facebook, Instagram comments tend to be compliments.

Yeah, it's really weird to me coming from the rest of the Internet to have random people I've never met say things like "Beautiful", "Great work", "I love it", etc., instead of, say, what you'll get in the comments of a youtube video.

Re: Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression

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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. :)

Sure, but it's better to play than to not (if you care, of course). It's just like when I browse, always in private mode haha.
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