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Adoption of Twitter's New Length Limit: Is 280 the New 140?
Kristina Gligorić, Ashton Anderson, Robert West
In November 2017, Twitter doubled the maximum allowed tweet length from 140 to 280 characters, a drastic switch on one of the world's most influential social media platforms. In th…
Aligning Superhuman AI with Human Behavior: Chess as a Model System
Reid McIlroy-Young, Siddhartha Sen, Jon Kleinberg +1
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly intelligent---in some cases, achieving superhuman performance---there is growing potential for humans to learn from and collaborate…
De-anonymization of authors through arXiv submissions during double-blind review
Homanga Bharadhwaj, Dylan Turpin, Animesh Garg +1
In this paper, we investigate the effects of releasing arXiv preprints of papers that are undergoing a double-blind review process. In particular, we ask the following research que…
From Welcome New Gabbers to the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting: The Evolution of Gab
Reid McIlroy-Young, Ashton Anderson
Gab, an online social media platform with very little content moderation, has recently come to prominence as an alt-right community and a haven for hate speech. We document the evo…
Causal Effects of Brevity on Style and Success in Social Media
Kristina Gligoric, Ashton Anderson, Robert West
In online communities, where billions of people strive to propagate their messages, understanding how wording affects success is of primary importance. In this work, we are interes…
Thanks for Stopping By: A Study of "Thanks" Usage on Wikimedia
Swati Goel, Ashton Anderson, Leila Zia
The Thanks feature on Wikipedia, also known as "Thanks", is a tool with which editors can quickly and easily send one other positive feedback. The aim of this project is to better…