Discord Inc.

Taylor Rhyne

Michele Banko

Alok Puranik

The present technology extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for expanding semantic classes via user feedback. Aspects of the technology learn how a set of labels can be expanded from user-generated tags. Text labels applied by human reviewers to digital content can be inspected and compared to one another. When a threshold of human-generated text tags contain similar terminology, the set of labels can be expanded to define a representation of the similar terminology. Similar terminology can include terms that originate from the same base term, are synonyms, are more specific terms related to a general term category, etc. Similar terminology can be consolidated into a defining term that is used to generate a new (more granular) label or a new top level label. Accordingly, new semantic classes can be discovered from user-generated feedback. New semantic classes can provide a more granular representation of content item classification.

Expanding semantic classes via user feedback

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting online contextual evolution of linguistic terms. Within messaging sources, some users may actively attempt to (relatively quickly) shift the meaning of a word or term. Some users may attempt to perjorate a word or term to have a more toxic meaning. Other users may attempt to reappropriate a word or term to have a less toxic or even a positive meaning. Aspects of the invention identify shifts in implied meanings of words and/or phrases over time. As such, emerging forms of harassment can be identified more quickly. Aspects of the invention can utilize users' behavioral histories as well as messaging structures to improve confidence when identifying term evolution. Machine learning algorithms can be configured to identify term evolution reducing workload on human moderators.

Detecting online contextual evolution of linguistic terms

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for expanding semantic classes via user feedback. Aspects of the invention learn how a set of labels can be expanded from user-generated tags. Text labels applied by human reviewers to digital content can be inspected and compared to one another. When a threshold of human-generated text tags contain similar terminology, the set of labels can be expanded to define a representation of the similar terminology. Similar terminology can include terms that originate from the same base term, are synonyms, are more specific terms related to a general term category, etc. Similar terminology can be consolidated into a defining term that is used to generate a new (more granular) label or a new top level label. Accordingly, new semantic classes can be discovered from user-generated feedback. New semantic classes can provide a more granular representation of content item classification.

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