Modeling the Factors of User Success in Online Debate
Modeling the Factors of User Success in Online Debate
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DOI：
10.1145/3308558.3313676
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2019-05
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通讯作者：
Esin Durmus;Claire Cardie
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作者：
Esin Durmus;Claire Cardie
辩论是一个过程，让个人有机会表达并接触到对有争议问题的不同观点;在线辩论平台的存在使个人更容易参与辩论并获得对其辩论技能的反馈。但是，理解用户在辩论中取得成功的因素是复杂的：虽然成功在一定程度上取决于他们使用的语言的特点，但考虑到他们的信仰和个人特征与受众的兼容程度也很重要。平台上用户之间的关系和先前的互动可能会进一步影响成功。在这项工作中，我们的目标是更好地了解在线辩论成功背后的机制。特别是，我们研究了辩论者的语言，他们以前的信仰和个人特质，以及他们与其他用户的社会互动的相对影响。我们发现，也许令人惊讶的是，用户的社交互动的特点发挥了最重要的作用，在决定他们的成功辩论，虽然最好的预测性能是通过结合社交互动功能的功能，编码信息的语言使用在辩论中。
Debate is a process that gives individuals the opportunity to express, and to be exposed to, diverging viewpoints on controversial issues; and the existence of online debating platforms makes it easier for individuals to participate in debates and obtain feedback on their debating skills. But understanding the factors that contribute to a user's success in debate is complicated: while success depends, in part, on the characteristics of the language they employ, it is also important to account for the degree to which their beliefs and personal traits are compatible with that of the audience. Friendships and previous interactions among users on the platform may further influence success. In this work, we aim to better understand the mechanisms behind success in online debates. In particular, we study the relative effects of debaters' language, their prior beliefs and personal traits, and their social interactions with other users. We find, perhaps surprisingly, that characteristics of users' social interactions play the most important role in determining their success in debates although the best predictive performance is achieved by combining social interaction features with features that encode information on language use during the debate.