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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…
cs.SI2019
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…
cs.CY2019
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…