Comments on: The cause of flame wars http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2006/02/13/the-cause-of-flame-wars/ Thoughts on a changing society. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » Email vs phone http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2006/02/13/the-cause-of-flame-wars/#comment-5563 Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » Email vs phone Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:17:40 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2006/02/13/the-cause-of-flame-wars/#comment-5563 [...] data on email interpretation (see previous post here). Link (via [...] […] data on email interpretation (see previous post here). Link (via […]

]]> By: Laurent http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2006/02/13/the-cause-of-flame-wars/#comment-342 Laurent Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:36:23 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2006/02/13/the-cause-of-flame-wars/#comment-342 Thx for the complement of information. This interpretation of text thing is increasingly important in a world where <a href="http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/nova/blog/2006/01/20/the-economist-on-knowledge-workers/" rel="nofollow" >email is the most used way of communication</a>. Thx for the complement of information. This interpretation of text thing is increasingly important in a world where email is the most used way of communication.

]]> By: Laurent http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2006/02/13/the-cause-of-flame-wars/#comment-943 Laurent Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:36:23 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2006/02/13/the-cause-of-flame-wars/#comment-943 Thx for the complement of information. This interpretation of text thing is increasingly important in a world where <a href="http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/nova/blog/2006/01/20/the-economist-on-knowledge-workers/" rel="nofollow" >email is the most used way of communication</a>. Thx for the complement of information. This interpretation of text thing is increasingly important in a world where email is the most used way of communication.

]]> By: Christopher Allen http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2006/02/13/the-cause-of-flame-wars/#comment-335 Christopher Allen Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:43:24 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2006/02/13/the-cause-of-flame-wars/#comment-335 The original paper doesn’t actually say 50/50, instead, it says the chance of picking correctly the intent of irony vs sincerity was no better then random chance. I find this a much more accurate way to say it than a 50/50 chance.<br /> <br /> Choosing between irony vs sincerity is one of the toughest problems in plain text. One thing that makes it tough is that by convention we typically use “quotes” to show something is ironic. Yet this conflicts with using quotes for quotes, quotes for emphasis, and quotes for calling attention to a phrase — all common uses of quotes in text. No wonder we can’t interpret irony accurately.<br /> <br /> There are also a number of other psychological and sociological causes for the cycle of flames, including over-interpretation of emotional content, emotional contagion, and lowered empathy during higher intensity emotions. I’ve written more about these in my blog at Flames: Emotional Amplification of Text: http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2006/02/flames_emotiona.html The original paper doesn’t actually say 50/50, instead, it says the chance of picking correctly the intent of irony vs sincerity was no better then random chance. I find this a much more accurate way to say it than a 50/50 chance.

Choosing between irony vs sincerity is one of the toughest problems in plain text. One thing that makes it tough is that by convention we typically use “quotes” to show something is ironic. Yet this conflicts with using quotes for quotes, quotes for emphasis, and quotes for calling attention to a phrase — all common uses of quotes in text. No wonder we can’t interpret irony accurately.

There are also a number of other psychological and sociological causes for the cycle of flames, including over-interpretation of emotional content, emotional contagion, and lowered empathy during higher intensity emotions. I’ve written more about these in my blog at Flames: Emotional Amplification of Text: http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2006/02/flames_emotiona.html

]]> By: Christopher Allen http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2006/02/13/the-cause-of-flame-wars/#comment-936 Christopher Allen Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:43:24 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2006/02/13/the-cause-of-flame-wars/#comment-936 The original paper doesn’t actually say 50/50, instead, it says the chance of picking correctly the intent of irony vs sincerity was no better then random chance. I find this a much more accurate way to say it than a 50/50 chance.<br /> <br /> Choosing between irony vs sincerity is one of the toughest problems in plain text. One thing that makes it tough is that by convention we typically use “quotes” to show something is ironic. Yet this conflicts with using quotes for quotes, quotes for emphasis, and quotes for calling attention to a phrase — all common uses of quotes in text. No wonder we can’t interpret irony accurately.<br /> <br /> There are also a number of other psychological and sociological causes for the cycle of flames, including over-interpretation of emotional content, emotional contagion, and lowered empathy during higher intensity emotions. I’ve written more about these in my blog at Flames: Emotional Amplification of Text: http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2006/02/flames_emotiona.html The original paper doesn’t actually say 50/50, instead, it says the chance of picking correctly the intent of irony vs sincerity was no better then random chance. I find this a much more accurate way to say it than a 50/50 chance.

Choosing between irony vs sincerity is one of the toughest problems in plain text. One thing that makes it tough is that by convention we typically use “quotes” to show something is ironic. Yet this conflicts with using quotes for quotes, quotes for emphasis, and quotes for calling attention to a phrase — all common uses of quotes in text. No wonder we can’t interpret irony accurately.

There are also a number of other psychological and sociological causes for the cycle of flames, including over-interpretation of emotional content, emotional contagion, and lowered empathy during higher intensity emotions. I’ve written more about these in my blog at Flames: Emotional Amplification of Text: http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2006/02/flames_emotiona.html

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