Analyzing Tweets To Identify Psychopaths

Posted by timothy on Friday July 20, 2012 @11:02PM from the except-ones-who-know-of-the-model dept.

nonprofiteer writes "Researchers presenting at Defcon next week have developed a psychopathy prediction model for Twitter. It analyzes linguistic tells to rate users' levels of narcissism, machiavellianism and other similarities to Patrick Bateman. 'The FBI could use this to flag potential wrongdoers, but I think it's much more compelling for psychologists to use to understand large communities of people,' says Chris Sumner of the Online Privacy Foundation. Some of the Twitter clues: Curse words. Angry responses to other people, including swearing and use of the word "hate." Using the word "we." Using periods. Using filler words such as 'blah' and 'I mean' and 'um.' So, um, yeah."

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Re:Using Periods? by cheekyjohnson · 2012-07-20 23:18 · Score: 5, Funny

What are you, some sort of psychopath? Flag him!

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Re:Really? by WrongSizeGlass · 2012-07-20 23:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Lets see, one of the most well known trait of psychopaths is their tendency to lie.
Is that true ... or are you just a psychopath?
Re:There's a rumor going around by ivoras · 2012-07-21 00:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Of course, the real insight is Reverse Phrenology! Kicking people in the head to make them better people!

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