The Secret Service wants a sarcasm detector

[Masark]

http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2014/...a-users/85633/

Other requirements they want out of it

• Real-time stream analysis;
• Customizable, keyword search features;
• Sentiment analysis;
• Trend analysis;
• Audience segmentation;
• Geographic segmentation;
• Qualitative, data visualization representations (heat maps, charts, graphs, etc.);
• Multiple user access;
• Functionality to have read-only users;
• Access to historical twitter data;
• Influencer identification;
• Standard web browser access with login credentials;
• User level permissions;
• Compatibility with Internet Explorer 8;
• Section 508 compliant;
• Ability to detect sarcasm and false positives;
• Functionality to send notifications to users;
• Functionality to analyze data over a given period of time;
• Ability to quantify the agency's social media outreach/footprint;
• Vendor-provided training and technical/customer support;
• Ability to create custom reports without involving IT specialists; and
• Ability to search online content in multiple languages.

[Deleted]

This will definitely work.

[Celista]

It's always a bad sign when your government needs specialized software in order to find out if someone is being sarcastic or not.

[Mormolyce]

I am being sarcastic now.

[Powerogue]

Oh yeah, that'll work.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Compatibility with Internet Explorer 8;

Wasn't that discontinued with the abandonment of Windows XP?

[RoryTee]

''The simpson's done it first''

[smackyslap]

dang it rory beat me to it

[Deleted]

We asked "Are you a spy?" and the sarcasm detector says...that was a sarcastic retort.
We then asked "Who are you working for" and the sarcasm detector says, that was sarcasm.
Finally we asked "Do you think we are idiots?" Where I am from we call it a full house, that was sarcasm.

A sarcasm detector seems like an odd thing to create though.

[RoryTee]

We asked "Are you a spy?" and the sarcasm detector says...that was a sarcastic retort.
We then asked "Who are you working for" and the sarcasm detector says, that was sarcasm.
Finally we asked "Do you think we are idiots?" Where I am from we call it a full house, that was sarcasm.

A sarcasm detector seems like an odd thing to create though.

It's meant to filter out posts on social media website's with no seriousness to the content.

[Deleted]

I know. I just wanted to make that joke from the moment I saw the thread title.

[Fexus]

It's so when I post something sarcastic on Twitter like:

"I can't believe Obama keeps allowing drone strikes, we should bomb the White House and see how he likes it."

The Secret Service doesn't show up at my house and rabf casd

[Masark]

''The simpson's done it first''

They presumably don't want the "explode on overload" feature.

It's meant to filter out posts on social media website's with no seriousness to the content.

So approximately all of them?

[Yunru]

I say its Imposiblu.

Sarcazm is almost trolling.
Troll detection machine would be much easer to make.

[RoryTee]

They presumably don't want the "explode on overload" feature.



So approximately all of them?

I don't know how they plan on doing it because even people fail to notice sarcasm online never mind an automated machine.

The again , technology is amazing in this day and age.

[Deleted]

Clearly this the Secret Service being sarcastic, except you all missed it...

[Gheld]

Is it really that hard to detect sarcasm the old fashioned way? I've always found it pretty easy.

[RoryTee]

Is it really that hard to detect sarcasm the old fashioned way? I've always found it pretty easy.

If it's just in text sometime's it can be extremely difficult to tell.

[Gheld]

If it's just in text sometime's it can be extremely difficult to tell.

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I disagree. Maybe if you have never read a book in your life, it might be difficult. But otherwise authors don't always "he said sarcastically" sarcasm in their dialogue. You have to figure out the tonality of the dialog via other clues, such as choices of words, etc.

For example if you said "there's bed bugs in my ice cream" I would refer to the fact that bed bugs are blood eaters and don't consume carbohydrates; thus there is no reason to find bed bugs in icecream and that you are therefore being a troll.

Reading is more than just subvocalizing the words without any considerations.

[RoryTee]

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I disagree. Maybe if you have never read a book in your life, it might be difficult. But otherwise authors don't always "he said sarcastically" sarcasm in their dialogue. You have to figure out the tonality of the dialog via other clues, such as choices of words, etc.

For example if you said "there's bed bugs in my ice cream" I would refer to the fact that bed bugs are blood eaters and don't consume carbohydrates; thus there is no reason to find bed bugs in icecream and that you are therefore being a troll.

Reading is more than just subvocalizing the words without any considerations.

You disagree that ''sometimes'' sarcasm can be difficult to tell? That's a bit black or white.

I have seen so many people on this forum take sarcasm as a serious comments.