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MattSh

(3,714 posts)
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 02:32 AM Jun 2014

The Secret Service wants software that detects social media sarcasm.

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The Secret Service is looking to buy software that can detect sarcasm on social media. Whatever. We're sure it will work.

In a work order posted online Monday, the agency said it wants analytics software that can, among other things, synthesize large sets of social media data and visually present that data. The request for proposals was first reported by nextgov.com.

More specifically, the orders ask for a long list of specific tools, including the ability to identify social media influencers, analyze data streams in real time, access old Twitter data and use heat maps. And it wants the software to be compatible with Internet Explorer 8. (The agency is asking for a blanket purchasing agreement over a five-year period, which shows just how often the government updates its technology.)

Then there's the request to sift through the heaps of snark on Twitter and other social media services: "Ability to detect sarcasm and false positives," the request reads.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/03/the-secret-service-wants-software-that-detects-social-media-sarcasm-yeah-sure-it-will-work/



Are these people writing snarky tweets? (Reuters/Kacper Pempel/Files)

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The Secret Service wants software that detects social media sarcasm. (Original Post) MattSh Jun 2014 OP
This is the greatest idea in the history of mankind! zappaman Jun 2014 #1
i love the secret service La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #2
Nice try, LOL! pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #5
The "Snarkmaster 2000®" AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #3
Yeah, that's a good idea. U4ikLefty Jun 2014 #4
Contact Professor Frink. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #6
"software that detects social media sarcasm" defacto7 Jun 2014 #7
Okay, this sounds like a legitimate use of taxpayer dollars. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #8
 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
8. Okay, this sounds like a legitimate use of taxpayer dollars.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 03:26 AM
Jun 2014

Because we all know that tone is immediately discernible from text.

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