Galen Weld @ CSCW
@galenweld.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @uwcse.bsky.social studying online community governance and moderation, with a focus on Reddit.
Does it matter HOW you write community rules? Research across thousands of subreddits suggests yes. "Be nice" beats "don't be mean" for community sentiment. But there's no one-size-fits-all approach. New Pro-Social recap with @galenweld.bsky.social: www.prosocialdesign.org/blog/the-rig...
The Right Community Rules? Lessons from Reddit: A Pro-Social Recap
Does it matter what rules communities set if they want prosocial outcomes?
prosocialdesign.org
If you're at @acm-cscw.bsky.social #cscw in Bergen, come check out our 🏆honorable mention paper today on Reddit community governance (w/ @axz.bsky.social @timalthoff.bsky.social ). 4pm in Dovregubben-2! More in thread... 🧵
Some nice coverage of our paper (and award) from ICWSM back in June. Big congrats to @lleibm.bsky.social on his successful first author paper, and big things to @timalthoff.bsky.social and @axz.bsky.social for their support as always!
Ed Lazowska@edlazowska.bsky.social · last yr.Allen School researchers receive ICWSM Best Paper Award for analyzing how Reddit rules influence online community outcomes news.cs.washington.edu/2025/09/10/a...
Also, I know it’s the end of the day, but I am chairing the last 2 #ICWSM sessions on Virality, Political Coordination, & Reddit. These are going to be great sessions with work from @zsavvas90.bsky.social @imadityav.bsky.social @tanumitra.bsky.social @munmun10.bsky.social +more! Don’t miss it :)
Super surprised and honored to receive the single Best Paper award at #ICWSM this year (out of 138 papers) for my work with @lleibm.bsky.social, @axz.bsky.social, @timalthoff.bsky.social on Reddit Rules! bsky.app/profile/gale...
Galen Weld @ CSCW@galenweld.bsky.social · last yr.If you're at #ICWSM, be sure to swing by the spotlight session after lunch to check our our work on Reddit rules with @axz.bsky.social , @timalthoff.bsky.social and Leon Leibmann! Leon is presenting an analysis of 68k rules across 5 yrs, connecting them to important community outcomes. 
If you're at #ICWSM, be sure to swing by the spotlight session after lunch to check our our work on Reddit rules with @axz.bsky.social , @timalthoff.bsky.social and Leon Leibmann! Leon is presenting an analysis of 68k rules across 5 yrs, connecting them to important community outcomes. 
If you're at #CSCW2024 and interested in social platform data access, you should come to our SIG on Community-Driven Models for Supporting Research on Social Platforms! We'll be talking about data access for academics on platforms such as Reddit. Happening in 1 hour in room Cartago!