3 papers
cs.HC2026
Reflecting on 1,000 Social Media Journeys: Generational Patterns in Platform Transition
Artur Solomonik, Nicolas Ruiz, Hendrik Heuer
Social media has billions of users, but we still do not fully understand why users prefer one platform over another. Establishing new platforms among already popular competitors is…
cs.HC2026
When Handwriting Goes Social: Creativity, Anonymity, and Communication in Graphonymous Online Spaces
Aditya Kumar Purohit, Aditya Upadhyaya, Nicolas Ruiz +2
While most digital communication platforms rely on text, relatively little research has examined how users engage through handwriting and drawing in anonymous, collaborative enviro…
cs.HC2024
Design Frictions on Social Media: Balancing Reduced Mindless Scrolling and User Satisfaction
Nicolas Ruiz, Gabriela Molina León, Hendrik Heuer
Design features of social media platforms, such as infinite scroll, increase users' likelihood of experiencing normative dissociation -- a mental state of absorption that diminishe…