Tune by Google

AI-powered Chrome extension that hides toxic comments

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AI-powered Chrome extension that hides toxic comments

4 followers

Tune is an experimental Chrome extension from Google's Jigsaw that lets people customize how much toxicity they want to see in comments. Set the “volume” of conversations on a number of popular platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and Disqus

Launch tags:Chrome Extensions

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This slippery slope needs to be shutdown immediately.

Pros:

Confirmation Bias

Cons:

Mass censorship by our corporate overlords.

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7yr ago

Filtering even more conversations so the polarisation can be even more extreme - I'm astonished and scared what Google is pushing here... This is "opt-in" censorship - how long will it take till it is "opt-out" and then no choice at all...

Pros:

You only get to see content approved by Google

Cons:

You get censored by Google

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7yr ago

It's difficult to figure out what it considers to be toxic, but so far it seems to be cursing. The medium setting also hid a comment which was an opinion, albeit a bit harsh. Luckily you can mark comments as "shouldn't be hidden". I disagree with other reviews on here that are scared of this extension. It's not censoring either, that's just pushing it. It's just a way to silence the noise. Sometimes when I'm researching something I don't want to get dragged into discussions and people yelling at each other. This extension would be perfect for that. One very important point I'd like to make though is that it should stay in this specific form. Don't quietly hide comments, the dots that replace the comments currently are perfect. As long as it is opt-in and can be tweaked I think this extension is a great idea. I do feel there's something to be said about being allowed to post toxic comments yourself even though the filter is turned on. It hides your own comment when toxic (I tested it. Obviously deleted my hateful comment after) but I don't know if that's enough.

Pros:

Nice design, leaves dots where it's hiding comments so you can check them. The dial is quite nice. Quiet research!

Cons:

Can't tune what's considered a toxic comment.

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7yr ago

Give us a way to add the words we don't want to see. Especially in our native language. There is too much toxicity, bigotry and ignorance to withstand.

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7yr ago

Pintable

Who determines what's a "toxic" comment?

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7yr ago

OK @mihamlakar that's gonna be a strike for you!

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7yr ago

Pintable

@jasonsawtelle lol 😂

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7yr ago

@mihamlakar Certain keywords can be a bit of a giveaway. Not totally sold on this, but yeah I can imagine my life would better without having to read racist comments involving the N-word combined with multiple expletives for example.

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7yr ago

Pintable

@colinmcdermott even if these platforms were littered with comments using the N-word (which I don't think they are) I believe it would be better for us to be able to see them and realize that as a society we have a problem. Don't you think so? I find the idea of a bot owned by a private company censoring the world for me really dangerous.

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7yr ago

@mihamlakar - Okay here is a test for you. Go to LiveLeak.com and spend more than 1 minute reading the comments on the videos. There are 20 racist comments for everyone from a reasonable person. Tell me the tool wouldn't be perfect for places like this, for people like me that want to converse with normal people not racists. Dangerous to who? Are good quality sun glasses dangerous? How about waterproof trousers?

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7yr ago

Product Hunt

This is great does it have sentiment analysis built in or is it just a clean sweep of comments?

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7yr ago

MFY.im

@aaronoleary yeah curious to know how this works.

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7yr ago

On one hand we criticize filter bubbles, on the other we build things like this :)

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7yr ago

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Hunter

@anna_0x I tend to agree with you. But it does have a "volume" setting to at least filter out complete garbage (clear hate speech, trolling, etc.)? I'm experimenting with it on the lowest filter setting to see what it catches. Consequently, I now check and read all the filtered comments to see what it removed 😅

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7yr ago

@chadwhitaker the thing is, how does it determine which comments are actually complete garbage? How can we be sure it's not just really really rude truths being said, and not trolling? That'd be pretty hard to do.

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7yr ago

OpinioAI

@chadwhitaker @anna_0x or even how does it works with slang, quoting and paraphrasing? Language is highly dynamic (duh) and trolling with local slangs or idioms is hard to catch for humans even. If the algorithm (or whatever) relies on the human feedback to define what are unwanted comments (and it's likely it does) - that is a slippery slope. :) In any event - why not just include total comments black box. Isn't fake-instant gratification-bubble also harmful for young minds on the long run? :) (wondering why people even bother to read comments, barring on own content).

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7yr ago

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Pros:

Nice design, leaves dots where it's hiding comments so you can check them. The dial is quite nice. Quiet research!

Cons:

Can't tune what's considered a toxic comment.