2 papers
cs.SI2026
Mapping the Reddit Bot Ecosystem: Taxonomy and Evolution
Qiusi Sun, Thomas Gaskin, Branko Blagojevic +1
Automated agents increasingly participate in online communities, yet their population structure and roles remain poorly understood. Using a dataset of 3,389 identified bots and the…
cs.SI2026
A field experiment of social influence and behavioral contagion with bots on Reddit
Hiroki Oda, Kinga Makovi, Taha Yasseri +1
Recent advances in AI have heightened scholars' and policy makers' concern with social influence and behavioral contagion in online communities. We conduct a field experiment on Re…