4 papers
The Relational Origins of Rules in Online Communities
Charles Kiene, Sohyeon Hwang, Nathan TeBlunthuis +3
Where do rules come from in online communities? This study investigates how and why online communities adopt and change their rules. We conducted a grounded theory-based analysis o…
Effects of algorithmic flagging on fairness: quasi-experimental evidence from Wikipedia
Nathan TeBlunthuis, Benjamin Mako Hill, Aaron Halfaker
Online community moderators often rely on social signals such as whether or not a user has an account or a profile page as clues that users may cause problems. Reliance on these cl…
AI Didn't Start the Fire: Examining the Stack Exchange Moderator and Contributor Strike
Yiwei Wu, Leah Ajmani, Nathan TeBlunthuis +1
Online communities and their host platforms are mutually dependent yet conflict-prone. When platform policies clash with community values, communities have resisted through strikes…
Niche Dynamics in Complex Online Community Ecosystems
Nathan TeBlunthuis
Online communities are important organizational forms where members socialize and share information. Curiously, different online communities often overlap considerably in topic and…