2 papers
cs.SI2025
Launch-Day Diffusion: Tracking Hacker News Impact on GitHub Stars for AI Tools
Obada Kraishan
Social news platforms have become key launch outlets for open-source projects, especially Hacker News (HN), though quantifying their immediate impact remains challenging. This pape…
cs.HC2025
Emotional Contagion in Code: How GitHub Emoji Reactions Shape Developer Collaboration
Obada Kraishan
Developer communities increasingly rely on emoji reactions to communicate, but we know little about how these emotional signals spread and influence technical discussions. We analy…