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would you pay for a Chrome extension that highlights manipulation and propaganda tricks in texts on the Internet?


Aleks Bykhun
@caffeinum

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and who judges what is propaganda and what isn't?

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Aleks Bykhun
@caffeinum

A set of heuristics and a bit of machine learning. It won't judge, it will only highlight what it finds dangerous, letting you, the reader, to decide rest

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it still doesn't answer the question.. who decides the criteria for highlighting certain parts instead of others?

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Aleks Bykhun
@caffeinum

Me, it's a set of heuristics that I am developing. There are simple like "emotional language" or "faulty generalisation", and more complex one, like flaws in logic

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I'd be intrigued to try it, but I don't see myself paying for it. I'd be more inclined for an API that rates user-generated content for that kind of stuff, but even that is a stretch.

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