Crunching away on a paper for #CHI2026 about online communities, moderation, or sociolinguistics? You may be want to check out recent work led by @galenweld.bsky.social on predicting SOVC within subreddits based on the style and structure of conversations. arxiv.org/abs/2508.08596

How Conversational Structure and Style Shape Online Community Experiences

Sense of Community (SOC) is vital to individual and collective well-being. Although social interactions have moved increasingly online, still little is known about the specific relationships between t...

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Out today in Social Media + Society! In a new paper with @skairam.bsky.social, we conduct a longitudinal survey with Reddit trace data to compare the demographics and behaviors of users who follow local subreddits and those who do not. Here's what we learned🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Excited to be talking about my online communities research tomorrow at @princetoncitp.bsky.social! Hope to see you in person, but otherwise you can catch the livestream from anywhere!

Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · last yr.

Tomorrow at #CITP: Tuesday Seminar at 12:30pm w/ @skairam.bsky.social presenting his talk: "The Threads That Bind: Crafting Successful Online Communities" in Sherrerd Hall 306. Sanjay previously launched #Reddit for #Researchers & is now at #OpenAI. 4/8/25 - Livestream available for all.

What a treat to work on this project with @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social -- so happy to see it out in the world! What if we could help prevent rule-breaking in online communities by guiding contributors towards better contributions before they even hit submit? Read Manoel's thread to learn more!

Manoel Horta Ribeiro@manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social · 2y ago

New @acm-cscw.bsky.social paper, new content moderation paradigm. Post Guidance lets moderators prevent rule-breaking by triggering interventions as users write posts! We implemented PG on Reddit and tested it in a massive field experiment (n=97k). It became a feature! arxiv.org/abs/2411.16814

Big year for career updates...I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI! I'll be joining the Research Org in the Human Data team, where I'll be helping to evaluate and improve models across the company.

check out this new CMU HCII Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/EVdwwqT (if I missed you, just let me know!)

Starter pack with current and former CDSC members. We'll update it if and when more folks join Bluesky. go.bsky.app/Jeez5Hk

Excited to see so many new faces over here at Bluesky and wanted to introduce myself. I lead Research Science at Reddit. One of my main responsibilities is leading the Reddit for Researchers academic data-sharing program. To learn more about this, check out: www.reddit.com/r/reddit4res...

Sharing my first Computational Social Science starter pack! Will grow with time, feel free to nominate and self nominate! go.bsky.app/CYmRvcK

If you're researching social platforms, interested in data-sharing models, and attending #CSCW2024 in Costa Rica next week, I highly encourage you to attend our SIG on "Community-Driven Models for Supporting Research on Social Platforms" (Wed: 9-10:30 AM, Cartago Room).

Hi all - I guess there are people here now all of a sudden? If you’re going to be at #CSCW2024, let me know - I’m looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting some new ones!

Are you an academic interested in working with Reddit data for your research? I'm excited to announce that we've just opened up applications to participate in a Beta program for Reddit's new Reddit for Researchers data offering! To learn more: www.reddit.com/r/reddit4res...

Hello World! Interested to see if BlueSky takes off. If you’re interested in helping people form better communities online, let’s get in touch!