StupidFilter

StupidFilter is an open source software project currently in development. Its goal is to give content websites, such as blogs and forums, the ability to block "stupid" user comments, i.e. contributions that fall below a certain threshold of grammar and intelligibility. For instance, a message composed entirely of common chat room abbreviations like "ur" and "lol" would be considered stupid and thus blocked.

The algorithm behind StupidFilter is similar to that of Bayesian spam filtering technology. It is an adaptive filter that examines large amounts of sample unacceptable text, then scans for similar patterns in incoming comments. Most of the sample data was taken from comments on YouTube. [http://stupidfilter.org/main/index.php?n=Main.Status StupidFilter project status] ]

The StupidFilter project is led by Gabriel Ortiz [http://signalnine.net/] and Paul Starr [http://midaregami.net/] . Its beta release was made July 22nd, 2008.

References

External links

* [http://stupidfilter.org/ StupidFilter official site]
*" [http://www.tfot.info/news/1065/stupidfilter-time-to-fight-back-the-imbeciles.html StupidFilter - Time to Fight Back the Imbeciles] "
*" [http://www.switched.com/2007/11/09/stupidfilter-blocks-dumb-comments-online/ 'StupidFilter' Blocks Dumb Comments Online] "