When Writing, How Anonymous Can You Be, Really? 184
An anonymous reader writes "Do you still think your online writing is, basically, anonymous? Think again! Research has it people put much of their personal traits into their writing, and computers may just be able to pick them up. That's at least what a recently announced competition on author identification (Given a document, who wrote it?) and author profiling (Given a document, what are its author's age and gender?) wants to find out. Alas, re-using other people's writing is no solution either; there's also a competition on plagiarism detection (Given a document, is it an original?). Wanna revisit your recent rants?"
Re:Yes, we know (Score:3, Funny)
I got this one. You sir are Anonymous Coward, with UID 00666. Now, what prize do I get for this?
Guess who I am! (Score:1, Funny)
>throw machine at 4chan /mlp/
>"Identify!"
>all posters sound the same
>machine concludes all posters are part of a highly advanced AI
>machine becomes depressed that it will never create anything wonderful like the spaghetti threads or
>kills itself
>mfw
Based on the above, who am I?
astroturfers (Score:2, Funny)
This would have been a lot more fun about two months ago to detect paid political astroturfers.
The ultimate AI-ish application would be an astroturfer plugin for chrome probably called "AstroturfBlock". So the site is a "tech" site, the contents are pure politics, and the text analysis system indicates an unemployed liberal arts degree holder... Go ahead and block it.
Re:Can it beat Google? (Score:5, Funny)
Thank you for updating your age and gender details in our databases.
Yours sincerely,
Google.
Re:Yes, we know (Score:5, Funny)
Why are you replying to yourself?
Wait. Why am I replying to myself again?
Betteridge strikes again (Score:2, Funny)
When Writing, How Anonymous Can You Be, Really?
No.
Re:Yes, we know (Score:3, Funny)
Warning: Infinite Loop. {Author} Identified: {Unidentified Author}.
Re:Can it beat Google? (Score:4, Funny)
You'd think the searches for things like "gel nails" might tip them off
Nah, just makes it think you're emo.
Re:So the author of Hamlet can finally be identifi (Score:4, Funny)
Kevin Bacon.