3 papers
cs.CY2026
The Gray Area: Characterizing Moderator Disagreement on Reddit
Shayan Alipour, Shruti Phadke, Seyed Shahabeddin Mousavi +3
Volunteer moderators play a crucial role in sustaining online dialogue, but they often disagree about what should or should not be allowed. In this paper, we study the complexity o…
cs.IR2026
When Attention Becomes Exposure in Generative Search
Shayan Alipour, Mehdi Kargar, Morteza Zihayat
Generative search engines are reshaping information access by replacing traditional ranked lists with synthesized answers and references. In parallel, with the growth of Web3 platf…
cs.CY2024
Robustness and Confounders in the Demographic Alignment of LLMs with Human Perceptions of Offensiveness
Shayan Alipour, Indira Sen, Mattia Samory +1
Large language models (LLMs) are known to exhibit demographic biases, yet few studies systematically evaluate these biases across multiple datasets or account for confounding facto…