5 papers
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…