Forecasting User Interests Through Topic Tag Predictions in Online Health Communities. (arXiv:2211.02789v1 [cs.LG])

The increasing reliance on online communities for healthcare information by
patients and caregivers has led to the increase in the spread of
misinformation, or subjective, anecdotal and inaccurate or non-specific
recommendations, which, if acted on, could cause serious harm to the patients.
Hence, there is an urgent need to connect users with accurate and tailored
health information in a timely manner to prevent such harm. This paper proposes
an innovative approach to suggesting reliable information to participants in
online communities …

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