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In terms of social network infrastructure, recognizing whether your user is a rape victim, or any victim, and analyzing their communications to determine if they are being bullied is a valuable asset. Instagram displays an eating disorder help line if you search for "#ana," "#mia," or other eating disorder related hashtags. I once had Facebook delete all my messages from a certain person because they thought that person was bullying me - which they weren't. What baffles me is that this professor is being sent to "training" when their work is ultimately wanted out of social networks.

The question (src: http://i.imgur.com/CwegI9i.png ) is a Prolog problem, which is just a bunch of logical premises that the system is supposed to find the conclusion for (kinda like A=>B, B=>C, therefore A=>C). The problem doesn't involve analyzing communications or predicting anything, and it would have little or no use when developing social network systems.

What baffles me is that this professor is being sent to "training" when their work is ultimately wanted out of social networks.

Overzealous feminists gone on a rampage. He should have prefixed the assignment with a [TW R*pe], that 'd have stopped them...

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