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by neiman 1860 days ago
From the post:

Q: Some of these questions are in a foreign language.

A: So? You can't read every language? Well - do you have access to Google Translate?

If someone thinks that the nuances of offensiveness, which are cultural *and* language related rather than an absolute truth, can be passed via Google translate, then they have a completely different view on how to judge behvaiour than mine.

2 comments

I was just trying to glibly acknowledge that some tweets are in a different language. I didn't filter those out. I do expect it will hinder the user's ability to tell which is offensive or not, but I don't think it will make much difference either way.
That is obviously humorous, but your point is addressed immediately following:

>> You might think I'm just being lazy by refusing to filter out non-English tweets, but in reality, maybe I'm helping you grasp the scale of the offensiveness identification problem.

How does it addresses my point?
You're making the exact same point as the author, though in a different phrasing: that classifying offensiveness is not something that can be easily achieved with $TECHNICAL_SOLUTION.