2 papers
cs.HC2025
The Ranking Effect: How Algorithmic Rank Influences Attention on Social Media
Jackie Chan, Fred Choi, Koustuv Saha +1
Social media feeds have become central to the Internet. Among the most visible are trending feeds, which rank content deemed timely and relevant. To examine how feed signals influe…
cs.HC2025
Examining Algorithmic Curation on Social Media: An Empirical Audit of Reddit's r/popular Feed
Jackie Chan, Fred Choi, Koustuv Saha +1
Platforms are increasingly relying on algorithms to curate the content within users' social media feeds. However, the growing prominence of proprietary, algorithmically curated fee…