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Tumblr’s anti-porn algorithm is flagging basically everything as NSFW

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Post by kkarakk »

netcan wrote: post #101

"it’s often hard to see why LGBTQ content gets flagged as NSFW – although the underlying reason is, of course, homophobia and transphobia.* I think you need to start with the impossible, define porn/nsfw. Why is lingerie provacative and bikinis aren't? Why is nudity even a problem? Why nipples and not elbows... Ultimately, this stuff is the very definition of subjective... something that is entirely determined by per…

viewing lgbtq stuff would definitely get you fired(and probably worse) in the middle east,russia and most of south east asia. tumblr is a global site remember?

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Post by kkarakk »

int_19h wrote: post #23
benmmurphy wrote: post #10

I'm not sure how this proves the algorithm is doing a poor job. Any NSFW classifier is going to have a non-trivial error rate. Tumblr hosts LOTS of images. So if you have a non-trivial error rate and multiply it by LOTS of images you are going to get LOTS of images being misclassified incorrectly. It's not surprising someone was able to write a story about a bunch of images being misclassified. This doesn't seem to t…

In this case, the ultimate arbiters are the users of the service. Judging by their feedback so far, it is doing a poor job (and it doesn't matter if it's state of the art etc - that just means that our state of the art algorithms are that bad).

tumblr's announcemnt about removing nsfw content got flagged,i'd say the algo is trash

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Post by wolfgke »

fjsolwmv wrote: post #142
nopriorarrests wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ask any marketer from a large brand (such a BMW or Adidas) -- their "brand safety" rules are very strict, and any kind of NSFW is a big no-no. Its not just hardcore porn.

Advertisers like sexiness but don't like porn because they want their customer base to stay frustrated and chase satisfaction via materialist comsumption. It's a blend of Puritan work ethic with soulless corporate exploitation.

> and chase satisfaction via materialist comsumption.

Sounds like porn to me. ;-)

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Post by dcbadacd »

rspeer wrote: post #105
cabalamat wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That and Mastodon, ActivityPub and IPFS are examples of the sort of thing I have in mind. Also the decentralised flood-fill model of Usenet.

You can't move between Mastodon instances and keep your followers.

And that's a poor design decision. Why should it matter.
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