2 papers
cs.CL2025
Echoes of Discord: Forecasting Hater Reactions to Counterspeech
Xiaoying Song, Sharon Lisseth Perez, Xinchen Yu +2
Hate speech (HS) erodes the inclusiveness of online users and propagates negativity and division. Counterspeech has been recognized as a way to mitigate the harmful consequences. W…
cs.CY2024
Measuring and Forecasting Conversation Incivility: the Role of Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviors
Xinchen Yu, Hayden Arnold, Benjamin Su +1
This paper focuses on the task of measuring and forecasting incivility in conversations following replies to hate speech. Identifying replies that steer conversations away from hat…