Learning Latent Local Conversation Modes for Predicting Community Endorsement in Online Discussions
Table 4: Text gate values relative to low karma modes.
['[EMPTY]', 'AskMen', 'AskWomen', 'Politics']
Text gate: Since gate values are not comparable across subreddits due to dynamic range of feature values, the values shown are scaled by the value for the low-level mode. We observe a consistent trend across all subreddits: lower gate values for higher karma. Recall that the high karma comments typically spawn active discussions. Thus, a possible explanation is that users may be biased to endorse comments that others are endorsing, making the details of the content less important.