Skua is a Chrome Extension that uses machine learning to help you avoid bullies and trolls on Twitter. Skua automatically hides abusive tweets based on real-time text classification.
Skua adds a red background color to tweets in your feed that it thinks are likely to be abusive. The darker the shade of red, the more confident Skua is that the tweet is abusive.
You can take Skua a step further and automatically hide abusive tweets from your feed. Simply click on the browser extension and dial into the level of filtering you're comfortable with.
You can help make Skua smarter! To tag a tweet as "trolling" or "not trolling", simply click the dropdown menu and label the tweet accordingly. Skua will remember your decision and use that information to improve its filtering methods.
You can try Skua by going to [skua.online] and adding the extension from the Chrome Store.
This repository contains five directories:
- chrome_extension: the code (mostly JavaScript) used to build the Skua extension.
- data_utils: utility functions used to conduct model training/testing.
- flask_api: the Flask/Python RESTful API that powers Skua.
- model_building: code for data exploration and model selection.
- raw_data: the data initially used to train Skua.
The repository also contains chrome_extension.zip, a zipped version of the
chrome_extension directory.