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Facebook Offers Solution To End Drunken Posts

Posted by samzenpus on from the are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-that? dept.

First time accepted submitter blueshift_1 writes Remember that photo that you posted to Facebook sophmore year of college when you thought there was nothing more important than partying and letting everyone you knew how hard you partied? Well facebook is now trying to buzzkill every one of those moments. With their upcoming feature, they'll be using photo analysis algorithms to detect how intoxicated you were in the photo and suggest that you not post it. Which in the end, is probably for the best.

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  1. Yet another law enforcement tool? by geekmux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So when Facebook compiles all of this information into one large data set and labels the results file "underage drinking" to sell to law enforcement, we won't be surprised at all when arrest rates increase in highly targeted areas with great "success", right?

    The power to abuse large data sets should not go unnoticed, and there are quite often more reasons than one to justify a new feature or service.

  2. Re:Or You Could Just Not Drink To The Point of Int by xvan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sometimes, drinking to the point of intoxication is the point.