{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.hater","code":"thing-q5681313","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q5681313/","name":"hater","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"research-draft","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.PER"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A hater is a person informally described as expressing strong dislike, hostility or disparagement toward someone or something, often with the implication that the negativity is persistent or unfair.","purpose":"Enable an agent to assess a contextual attribution of 'hater', distinguish hostile disparagement from legitimate criticism, and choose proportionate responses grounded in observable conduct.","scope":{"in":["Who applies the label, to whom, about which target, and in what setting","Observable expressions of hostility, contempt, or disparagement and their supporting evidence","Distinctions between hostile targeting, criticism, disagreement, teasing, and provocation","Persistence, reach, and interaction patterns within a stated observation period","Contextual consequences, response options, and revision of the attribution"],"out":["The complete identity, biography, or personality of the labelled person","Clinical diagnoses or inferred psychological disorders","General models of criticism, argument quality, or ideological disagreement","Full incident models for harassment, threats, discrimination, or violence","Platform governance systems and legal determinations","Occupational qualifications, licensing, and employment relations"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The model requires a specified target and context: being called a hater in one dispute does not establish a general personal trait.","An unfavourable assessment alone is insufficient; examine whether the expression disparages the target and whether it engages substantively with the issue.","The attribution must distinguish observable conduct from claims about envy, resentment, or other unobserved motives.","Record the label separately from its evidential support, including cases where it is used to dismiss legitimate criticism.","Neither trolling nor harassment is interchangeable with this label: provocation and harmful targeting require their own evidence."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"label-and-target","name":"Label and target","description":"Locate the hater attribution in a specific relationship and social setting.","layers":[{"id":"attribution-origin","name":"Attribution origin","description":"Identify who used the label and the meaning intended in that exchange.","findings":[{"id":"situated-label","name":"Situated label","description":"Record the label as an attributed interpretation, including literal, playful, ironic, or uncertain usage.","questions":[{"text":"Who called whom a hater, and where can that attribution be inspected?","id":"situated-label-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the speaker mean persistent disparagement, momentary dislike, playful rivalry, or something else?","id":"situated-label-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"target-resolution","name":"Target resolution","description":"Separate the person or entity targeted from the particular aspect being criticised.","findings":[{"id":"hostility-focus","name":"Hostility focus","description":"Specify whether the expression concerns a target's actions, output, status, identity, or existence.","questions":[{"text":"What exactly is being disparaged: a claim, performance, decision, person, or group?","id":"hostility-focus-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What evidence supports extending the attribution beyond this particular target or exchange?","id":"hostility-focus-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"conduct-and-interpretation","name":"Conduct and interpretation","description":"Assess the observable basis for the 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period.","findings":[{"id":"bounded-pattern","name":"Bounded pattern","description":"Count relevant episodes while preserving observation limits, counterexamples, corrections, and apologies.","questions":[{"text":"How many distinct disparaging episodes are evidenced, over what period, and from which observed channels?","id":"bounded-pattern-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Do later exchanges show continued targeting, substantive engagement, correction, apology, or cessation?","id":"bounded-pattern-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"contact-and-amplification","name":"Contact and amplification","description":"Distinguish commentary about a target from direct contact and audience mobilisation.","findings":[{"id":"targeting-route","name":"Targeting route","description":"Record whether the actor addresses the target, repeatedly enters their spaces, or encourages others to participate.","questions":[{"text":"Is the conduct private commentary, public commentary, direct messaging, repeated tagging, or entry into the target's spaces?","id":"targeting-route-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Is there direct evidence of encouraging others to target the subject, rather than merely several people expressing similar views?","id":"targeting-route-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Did direct contact continue after an explicit request to stop, and what contact is actually evidenced?","id":"targeting-route-q03","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"response-and-reassessment","name":"Response and reassessment","description":"Connect observed conduct to proportionate action and revisable judgements.","layers":[{"id":"conduct-based-response","name":"Conduct-based response","description":"Choose actions using the actual expression, contact pattern, and applicable interaction rules.","findings":[{"id":"proportionate-options","name":"Proportionate options","description":"Separate responding to criticism from managing abusive contact or referring a serious incident.","questions":[{"text":"Would addressing a specific criticism, setting a boundary, disengaging, muting, or reporting best fit the evidenced conduct and the agent's authority?","id":"proportionate-options-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Does any evidenced threat, harassment, or discriminatory abuse require assessment under a neighbouring incident model?","id":"proportionate-options-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"revision-and-label-effects","name":"Revision and label effects","description":"Review both the attribution's continuing support and the consequences of applying it.","findings":[{"id":"revisable-attribution","name":"Revisable attribution","description":"Keep the assessment contextual and correctable, including when the label itself contributes to exclusion or escalation.","questions":[{"text":"What new context, correction, or change in conduct would justify narrowing or withdrawing this attribution?","id":"revisable-attribution-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Is using the label silencing a substantive objection, encouraging retaliation, or obscuring the specific conduct that needs a response?","id":"revisable-attribution-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Can the agent communicate the relevant conduct and uncertainty more accurately without repeating the personal label?","id":"revisable-attribution-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of hater this model covers, and on what 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harassment."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Harassment can cause real distress, but calling critics haters can silence fair criticism.","Labelling people online can lead to pile-ons."],"affectedParties":["Targets of harassment","Critics","Online communities"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the term; each person answers for their own conduct.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q775318","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.hater","Wikidata: Q5681313 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5681313)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Attribution mode: self-description | target-applied | third-party-applied | agent-proposed","Target and focus: actor or account → person, group, work, activity, or institution; specify the targeted aspect","Observed expression: substantive criticism | disagreement | ridicule | personal disparagement | expressed hostility | mixed | unclear","Observed recurrence: number of distinct relevant episodes within an explicit observation window","Evidence coverage: full interaction available | partial interaction | isolated excerpt | second-hand report | unavailable","Attribution assessment: unassessed | supported within stated context | contested | insufficient evidence | withdrawn","Audience exposure: private exchange | bounded group | public expression | unknown","Explicit boundary response: no boundary communicated | respected | disputed | contact continued | unknown"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":[]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Record a contextual hater attribution with its author, target, evidence, and uncertainty.","Compare attributed hostility with the substantive content and surrounding exchange.","Summarise recurring disparagement without inferring hidden motives or general personality.","Select engagement, disengagement, muting, or reporting options based 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