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Institutional Preferences in the Laboratory
Qiankun Zhong, Nori Jacoby, Ofer Tchernichovski +1
Getting a group to adopt cooperative norms is an enduring challenge. But in real-world settings, individuals don't just passively accept static environments, they act both within a…
#RoeOverturned: Twitter Dataset on the Abortion Rights Controversy
Rong-Ching Chang, Ashwin Rao, Qiankun Zhong +2
On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned landmark rulings made in its 1973 verdict in Roe v. Wade. The justices by way of a majority vote in Dobbs v. Jackson Wo…
Deconstructing written rules and hierarchy in peer produced software communities
Mahasweta Chakraborti, Beril Bulat, Qiankun Zhong +2
We employ recent advances in computational institutional analysis and NLP to investigate the systems of authority that are reflected in the written policy documents of the ASF. Our…
Quantifying the selective, stochastic, and complementary drivers of the institutional evolution in online communities
Qiankun Zhong, Seth Frey, Martin Hilbert
Institutions and cultures evolve adaptively in response to the current environmental incentives, usually. But sometimes institutional change is due to stochastic drives beyond curr…
Governing online goods: Maturity and formalization in Minecraft, Reddit, and World of Warcraft communities
Seth Frey, Qiankun Zhong, Beril Bulat +5
Building a successful community means governing active populations and limited resources. This challenge often requires communities to design formal governance systems from scratch…
Institutional Similarity Drives Cultural Similarity among Online Communities
Qiankun Zhong, Seth Frey
Understanding online communities requires an appreciation of both structure and culture. But basic questions remain difficult to pose. How do these facets interact and drive each o…