"Understanding the strengths and limitations of community-based responses to misinformation" — very nice commentary by @ekvraga.bsky.social in PNAS, covering my recent paper on causal effects of Community Notes w/ @isaacslaughter.bsky.social @axelp.bsky.social @msaveski.bsky.social

Our team at the @cip.uw.edu is currently seeking applications for up to two postdoctoral scholar positions. Applications received prior to January 15, 2026 will be given priority. Learn more about the positions, salary range, qualifications and application process: apply.interfolio.com/177901

🚨 New paper! 🔍 “Question the Questions: Auditing Representation in Online Deliberative Processes” In deliberative polls, participants propose questions for experts but only a few make it to the panel. How representative are those chosen questions of everyone’s interests? 🧵👇

Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts you’re following bsky.app/profile/pape...

I'll be in Sydney presenting ✨Supernotes✨ at the ACM WebConf 🚀 (WWW'25). Incase you missed it, here's a very short thread about it: 🧵 Full paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... #www2025 #thewebconf2025

UW Campus, today! #peakbloom #seattle #cherryblossoms

This week’s newsletter brings together past, present and future of fact-checking social media: ✔️ Sorting out moderation vs fact-checking ✔️ Where social media fact-checking came from ✔️ What actually works and what else to consider

🕵🏼‍♀️✅ Fact-checking’s future: can social media handle the truth?

Who should decide what’s true online?

newpublic.substack.com

Super cool & important work from @matthewdeverna.com!

Fil Menczer@fil.bsky.social · 2y ago

New paper in PNAS 🧪 Fact-checking information from large language models can decrease headline discernment What are the unintended consequences of AI fact-checking? Even LLMs that accurately identify false headlines can actually cause harm. Read all about our experiment: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

I've been eagerly waiting for this to come out -- and the results are so worth it! Very cool how impactful a 7-day intervention can be!!

Tiziano Piccardi@tiziano.bsky.social · 2y ago

New paper: Do social media algorithms shape affective polarization? We ran a field experiment on X/Twitter (N=1,256) using LLMs to rerank content in real-time, adjusting exposure to polarizing posts. Result: Algorithmic ranking impacts feelings toward the political outgroup! 🧵⬇️

While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network. I blogged about it here:

Benefits of an open network

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90 days ago Bluesky had 6.18M users 30 days ago Bluesky had 10.85M users Tomorrow Bluesky will have 15M users This is absolutely wild, thanks for believing in us y'all

[Please reshare] I’m recruiting PhD students to work with me at UW! I’m looking for students passionate about developing new *social media algorithms*, both broadly and within the scope of this NSF grant: tinyurl.com/395yfphd More info: faculty.washington.edu/msaveski/ cc @uwischool.bsky.social

Welcome to Bluesky, everyone! We opened access yesterday, and we just crossed 4M people total on the network. 🎉 • 800k+ new users have signed up • Averaged 8.5 new accounts/second • 2M posts were created in the last 24 hours We're so excited to have you here!

I’m recruiting PhD students to work with me at UW! I’m looking for students passionate about using computational methods to study how social platforms can be reimagined to enable better conversations, bridge political divides, and reduce the spread of misinfo.  >>

Hello World!

Pardon me as I test some features here :P

Soham De@sohamde.in · 3y ago

I feel like a lab rat here, this is cool!

I feel like a lab rat here, this is cool!