September 10, 2015 06:00 pm
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An Algorithm To Stop Joke Plagiarists
Bennett Haselton writes: The comedy world crucified Josh "Fat Jew" Ostrovsky for building his career on re-tweetingother people's jokes without attribution. But Twitter, or whichever company rises as their successor, could easily implement an algorithm that could stop plagiarists from building a following, while still rewarding joke writers who come up with original content.Read on for Bennett's take on how such a system could work.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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