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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On my Wikipedia user page, I keep a list of the Online Communities courses I’ve taught. The capstone project for the course is to …

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

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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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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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A topic of my online community course is related to newcomers: is there such a thing as a stupid question? (We discuss RTFM, FAQ slaps …

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A few weeks ago I spoke with journalist Stephen Harrison for his article “Is copying from Wikipedia plagiarism?”

For those interested, I provide the full …

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On TheoryOfReddit Brian Keegan has posted an open letter regarding Reddit’s tightening of their API access, especially the cutting off of Pushshift’s access …

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Like the startling clap that follows distant rumbles of thunder, artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived. Stunning images and precocious prose can be generated at the …

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