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1. A history of the advice genre on Reddit

   A new paper, and the first in work that will result in a book, chronicling the emergence of the advice genre on Reddit.

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   Reagle, J …

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2. Toilet paper orientation

   Does the next sheet of toilet paper belong under or over the roll? While working on Dear Internet, I noted that Wikipedia’s article cites …

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3. Ethics and Rule Breaking Among Life Hackers

   I just realized I never posted an abstract or draft on “Ethics and Rule Breaking Among Life Hackers.” This followed Hacking Life because I wanted …

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4. Radway spoke of but failed to recognize parasocial relationships

   In Janice Radway’s classic Reading the Romance of 1984, she referred to the romance-purchasing customers of a small-town bookstore as a “female community—mediated …

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5. AOL Keywords circa 1996

   Have you ever wanted to examine all AOL keywords for its 5,122 public chatrooms circa 1996? Probably not, but I did as part of …

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6. How many Craptains have there been on r/AmItheAsshole?

   On r/AmItheAsshole, you tell your story about an interpersonal conflict, and, after 18 hours, a bot tallies the comments and labels the post as …

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7. Creation and size of advice subreddits

   I’ve been working on a history of advice subreddits and subreddit-plot.py generates a useful bubble plot.

   

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8. Could Wikipedia sue Neri Oxman?

   Bill Ackman is rattling the sabres of his legal team in a 77-page “legal demand.” Bizarrely, he has doubled down on the claims that his …

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9. How fake are Temu reviews?

   If I’m going to buy a cheap Chinese product, why not get it for a fraction of Amazon’s cost? That’s the thought …

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