VMD (Virtual Moderation Dataset)

This dataset contains synthetically generated discussions and annotations using exclusively Large Language Model (LLM) agents. Discussions are performed between randomly selected users, with a LLM moderator/facilitator following various facilitation strategies.

Each LLM user and annotator use a distinct Sociodemographic Background. User-agents also have different roles when joining the discussion. Each discussion consists of 28 comments - 14 participant comments and 14 moderator interventions. Each comment is annotated by 10 different LLM annotators for toxicity and argument quality.

Designed to analyze facilitation strategies and synthetic online discussion simulation but can also be used for finetuning LLM facilitators.