6 papers
OrthoGeoLoRA: Geometric Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning for Structured Social Science Concept Retrieval on theWeb
Zeqiang Wang, Xinyue Wu, Chenxi Li +4
Large language models and text encoders increasingly power web-based information systems in the social sciences, including digital libraries, data catalogues, and search interfaces…
Understanding the Complexities of Responsibly Sharing NSFW Content Online
Shalini Jangra, Zaid Almahmoud, Suparna De +3
Reddit is in the minority of mainstream social platforms that permit posting content that may be considered to be at the edge of what is permissible, including so-called Not Safe F…
Supporting Socially Constrained Private Communications with SecureWhispers
Vinod Khandkar, Kieron Ivy Turk, Ehsan Toreini +1
Rapidly changing social norms and national, legal, and political conditions socially constrain people from discussing sensitive topics such as sexuality or religion. Such constrain…
Protecting Vulnerable Voices: Synthetic Dataset Generation for Self-Disclosure Detection
Shalini Jangra, Suparna De, Nishanth Sastry +1
Social platforms such as Reddit have a network of communities of shared interests, with a prevalence of posts and comments from which one can infer users' Personal Information Iden…
Conversation Kernels: A Flexible Mechanism to Learn Relevant Context for Online Conversation Understanding
Vibhor Agarwal, Arjoo Gupta, Suparna De +1
Understanding online conversations has attracted research attention with the growth of social networks and online discussion forums. Content analysis of posts and replies in online…
Unpacking the Layers: Exploring Self-Disclosure Norms, Engagement Dynamics, and Privacy Implications
Ehsan-Ul Haq, Shalini Jangra, Suparna De +2
This paper characterizes the self-disclosure behavior of Reddit users across 11 different types of self-disclosure. We find that at least half of the users share some type of discl…