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its for spam detection. Everything that gets posted on Facebook is processed by this code. There is a talk on it from a year or two ago at a functional programming conference. I'll see if I can find it and edit this post.



Probably this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTO510zO78


I remember this one https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UMbc6iyH-xQ is that it?


No, but I apparently didn't bookmark it and I'm having trouble finding it again.

This might be it, don't have time to verify right now: http://cufp.org/2015/fighting-spam-with-haskell-at-facebook....


Simon Marlow gave a talk at icfp in 2014 or 2015 that might be what you're referring to


Sorry, couldn't look it up very well from my phone. I'm fairly certain you're referring to Simon Marlow's "Fighting Spam with Haskell" from ICFP 2015.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOEGfnjh92o

Abstract: http://cufp.org/2015/fighting-spam-with-haskell-at-facebook....




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