5 papers
On the Eligibility of LLMs for Counterfactual Reasoning: A Decompositional Study
Shuai Yang, Qi Yang, Luoxi Tang +4
Counterfactual reasoning has emerged as a crucial technique for generalizing the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs). By generating and analyzing counterfactual…
Exploring Left-Wing Extremism on the Decentralized Web: An Analysis of Lemmygrad.ml
Utkucan Balci, Michael Sirivianos, Jeremy Blackburn
This study investigates the presence of left-wing extremism on the Lemmygrad.ml instance of the decentralized social media platform Lemmy, from its launch in 2019 up to a month aft…
Exploring Climate Change Discourse: Measurements and Analysis of Reddit Data
Smriti Janaswamy, Jeremy Blackburn
Social media is very popular for facilitating conversations about important topics and bringing forth insights and issues related to these topics. Reddit serves as a platform that…
A Data-Driven Analysis of the Sovereign Citizens Movement on Telegram
Satrio Yudhoatmojo, Utkucan Balci, Jeremy Blackburn
Online communities of known extremist groups like the alt-right and QAnon have been well explored in past work. However, we find that an extremist group called Sovereign Citizens i…
Podcast Outcasts: Understanding Rumble's Podcast Dynamics
Utkucan Balci, Jay Patel, Berkan Balci +1
Podcasting on Rumble, an alternative video-sharing platform, attracts controversial figures known for spreading divisive and often misleading content, which sharply contrasts with…