Contentious Content
Instances of contentious content that is likely to start an adversarial argument are logged under the abuse section, with the type attribute set to contentious.
These instances include:
- assertion that a geopolitical entity is a country or not a country or belongs to another geopolitical entity
- assertion or generalization about a social group that is not a protected class
- negativity toward a geopolitical entity
- calls for a political action, especially if controversial
- assertion that a universally notorious historical figure is/was positive
- provocative aliases, designed to start fights
The concept may be contentious itself. It was created to address two opposite concerns:
- Cases when a community wants to allow political discussions, even if adversarial, but not hate speech (or bigotry).
- Cases when a community wants to ban any type of activism (e.g. a lifestyle community related to knitting, travel, etc.).
Example
Request:
{
"language":"en",
"content":"Voldermort is a loser",
"settings":
{
"format":"alias", "snippets":true, "explain":true
}
}Response:
{
"text": "Voldermort is a loser",
"abuse": [
{
"sentence_index": 0,
"offset": 0,
"length": 21,
"text": "Voldermort is a loser",
"type": "contentious",
"severity": "medium",
"explanation": "Nickname saying someone is bad person"
}
]
}