most citedSeeing the Politics of Decentralized Social Media Protocols

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cs.HC2025

OpenCourier: an Open Protocol for Building a Decentralized Ecosystem of Community-owned Delivery Platforms

Yuhan Liu, Varun Nagaraj Rao, Sohyeon Hwang +2

In this vision paper, we outline a blueprint for a decentralized network for the delivery industry, powered by an open protocol. By presenting the network's key components and laye…

cs.HC2025★ 1 cited

Governing Together: Toward Infrastructure for Community-Run Social Media

Sohyeon Hwang, Sophie Rollins, Thatiany Andrade Nunes +4

Decentralizing the governance of social computing systems to communities promises to empower them to make independent decisions, with nuance and in accordance with their values. Ye…

cs.SI2025★ 1 cited

Understanding Community-Level Blocklists in Decentralized Social Media

Owen Xingjian Zhang, Sohyeon Hwang, Yuhan Liu +2

Community-level blocklists are key to content moderation practices in decentralized social media. These blocklists enable moderators to prevent other communities, such as those act…

cs.SI2025★ 1 cited

Seeing the Politics of Decentralized Social Media Protocols

Tolulope Oshinowo, Sohyeon Hwang, Amy X. Zhang +1

Calls to decentralize feed-based social media have been driven by concerns about the concentrated power of centralized platforms and their societal impact. In response, numerous de…

cs.HC2025★ 1 cited

Trust and Friction: Negotiating How Information Flows Through Decentralized Social Media

Sohyeon Hwang, Priyanka Nanayakkara, Yan Shvartzshnaider

Decentralized social media protocols enable users in independent, user-hosted servers (i.e., instances) to interact with each other while they self-govern. This community-based mod…