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most citedWhat Makes People Join Conspiracy Communities?: Role of Social Factors in Conspiracy Engagement

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cs.CY2026

Adolescence to Adulthood Online: Tracing Youth Digital Expression on Reddit Over 13 Years

Tyler Chang, Khushboo Patel, Afsaneh Razi +1

Reddit is widely used in research on youth and social media, yet there has been limited systematic examination of the diversity of content produced by young users or how their part…

cs.CY2026

The Gray Area: Characterizing Moderator Disagreement on Reddit

Shayan Alipour, Shruti Phadke, Seyed Shahabeddin Mousavi +3

Volunteer moderators play a crucial role in sustaining online dialogue, but they often disagree about what should or should not be allowed. In this paper, we study the complexity o…

cs.CY2025

Asking For It: Question-Answering for Predicting Rule Infractions in Online Content Moderation

Mattia Samory, Diana Pamfile, Andrew To +1

Online communities rely on a mix of platform policies and community-authored rules to define acceptable behavior and maintain order. However, these rules vary widely across communi…

cs.CY2025

Exit Stories: Using Reddit Self-Disclosures to Understand Disengagement from Problematic Communities

Shruti Phadke

Online platforms like Reddit are increasingly becoming popular for individuals sharing personal experiences of leaving behind social, ideological, and political groups. Specificall…

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Pathways through Conspiracy: The Evolution of Conspiracy Radicalization through Engagement in Online Conspiracy Discussions

Shruti Phadke, Mattia Samory, Tanushree Mitra

The disruptive offline mobilization of participants in online conspiracy theory (CT) discussions has highlighted the importance of understanding how online users may form radicaliz…