Comments on: Redefining Spam, in the age of Twitter http://thirdpartycode.com/2009/05/redefining-spam-in-the-age-of-twitter/ Linux, PHP 5, Apache Consulting in San Antonio, TX Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:40:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brad http://thirdpartycode.com/2009/05/redefining-spam-in-the-age-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Brad Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:45:18 +0000 http://www.phpcult.com/blog/?p=289#comment-449 @Nico, I also thought 'Interest Filter' from reading the explanation above.<br><br>The idea does sound useful, however it seems like it might be 'building a silo' and only allowing things you explicitly say are interesting to you. What about things that are new to you, and don't know if they're interesting? Might this be overzealous in some instances? @Nico, I also thought 'Interest Filter' from reading the explanation above.

The idea does sound useful, however it seems like it might be 'building a silo' and only allowing things you explicitly say are interesting to you. What about things that are new to you, and don't know if they're interesting? Might this be overzealous in some instances?

]]> By: Ryan Kelly http://thirdpartycode.com/2009/05/redefining-spam-in-the-age-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Ryan Kelly Sat, 16 May 2009 21:05:06 +0000 http://www.phpcult.com/blog/?p=289#comment-366 Good question, Brad, and great answer Paul....I was wondering about that too! Good question, Brad, and great answer Paul….I was wondering about that too!

]]> By: Paul Singh http://thirdpartycode.com/2009/05/redefining-spam-in-the-age-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Paul Singh Sat, 16 May 2009 19:44:10 +0000 http://www.phpcult.com/blog/?p=289#comment-365 @Brad: That's a great question. The short answer: don't worry, we err on the side of caution by only rating items that contain content that you've explicitly seen before. If a tweet comes through with content that's completely new to you (and, by extension, you've never rated before), we'll show it to you. The way we see it, your incoming tweets fall into a couple of categories: (1) those that you care about, (2) those you don't care about and (3) everything else. You're describing something that initially falls into #3. Once you rate that particular item, it'll then fall into #1 or #2. @Brad: That’s a great question. The short answer: don’t worry, we err on the side of caution by only rating items that contain content that you’ve explicitly seen before. If a tweet comes through with content that’s completely new to you (and, by extension, you’ve never rated before), we’ll show it to you.

The way we see it, your incoming tweets fall into a couple of categories: (1) those that you care about, (2) those you don’t care about and (3) everything else.

You’re describing something that initially falls into #3. Once you rate that particular item, it’ll then fall into #1 or #2.

]]> By: Vid Luther http://thirdpartycode.com/2009/05/redefining-spam-in-the-age-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Vid Luther Sat, 16 May 2009 07:40:41 +0000 http://www.phpcult.com/blog/?p=289#comment-374 Brad, We're working on a recommendation and compatibility engine which will allow you to find other people talking about things you do seem to be interested in. This could lead to you going through their stream and deciding you like something else that they talked about. It's not perfect yet, but your concern about not expanding the horizons is duly noted. We'll see what we can do, or not do :) Brad,
We’re working on a recommendation and compatibility engine which will allow you to find other people talking about things you do seem to be interested in. This could lead to you going through their stream and deciding you like something else that they talked about. It’s not perfect yet, but your concern about not expanding the horizons is duly noted. We’ll see what we can do, or not do :)

]]> By: Brad http://thirdpartycode.com/2009/05/redefining-spam-in-the-age-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Brad Fri, 15 May 2009 15:03:20 +0000 http://www.phpcult.com/blog/?p=289#comment-364 @Nico, I also thought 'Interest Filter' from reading the explanation above. The idea does sound useful, however it seems like it might be 'building a silo' and only allowing things you explicitly say are interesting to you. What about things that are new to you, and don't know if they're interesting? Might this be overzealous in some instances? @Nico, I also thought ‘Interest Filter’ from reading the explanation above.

The idea does sound useful, however it seems like it might be ‘building a silo’ and only allowing things you explicitly say are interesting to you. What about things that are new to you, and don’t know if they’re interesting? Might this be overzealous in some instances?

]]> By: Ryan Kelly http://thirdpartycode.com/2009/05/redefining-spam-in-the-age-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Ryan Kelly Fri, 15 May 2009 03:45:49 +0000 http://www.phpcult.com/blog/?p=289#comment-369 It's sort of a filter within a filter - so while you don't want to shut out Dan completely, you do want to filter out his random ramb lings. And this filtering algorithm is not exactly like Netflix or Amazon because those focus on "what other people bought", instaed of just on YOU. I think this could easily be valuable, particularly since Twitter has not come close to saturation. It’s sort of a filter within a filter – so while you don’t want to shut out Dan completely, you do want to filter out his random ramb lings. And this filtering algorithm is not exactly like Netflix or Amazon because those focus on “what other people bought”, instaed of just on YOU. I think this could easily be valuable, particularly since Twitter has not come close to saturation.

]]> By: Nico http://thirdpartycode.com/2009/05/redefining-spam-in-the-age-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Nico Thu, 14 May 2009 15:38:19 +0000 http://www.phpcult.com/blog/?p=289#comment-373 It sounds like an interest filter, and it would be great for those of us following "celebrity" Twitterers (of one kind or another). Great idea! It sounds like an interest filter, and it would be great for those of us following “celebrity” Twitterers (of one kind or another).

Great idea!

]]> By: Nan Palmero http://thirdpartycode.com/2009/05/redefining-spam-in-the-age-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Nan Palmero Thu, 14 May 2009 14:54:49 +0000 http://www.phpcult.com/blog/?p=289#comment-372 @Paul I'll be talking with Vid about it! @Paul I’ll be talking with Vid about it!

]]> By: Paul Singh http://thirdpartycode.com/2009/05/redefining-spam-in-the-age-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Paul Singh Thu, 14 May 2009 11:31:52 +0000 http://www.phpcult.com/blog/?p=289#comment-376 @Nan: If you come up with better ideas for the tagline, I'm all ears. :) @Toby: Unfortunately, I can't share much about the algorithms -- I'm sure you understand. :) That being said, a standard Bayes approach simply won't work too well given the type of problem we're trying to solve. @Nan: If you come up with better ideas for the tagline, I’m all ears. :)

@Toby: Unfortunately, I can’t share much about the algorithms — I’m sure you understand. :) That being said, a standard Bayes approach simply won’t work too well given the type of problem we’re trying to solve.

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