The interplay between harassment and silencing is one of networks ways that users effectively networks each other on social networks.
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Twitter: why context collapse turns it into a battleground - and drives people away
The very structure of Twitter is creating the toxic atmosphere on there. Can it be fixed without completely reinventing itself?
The Atlantic closes its comments - and makes them more important, too
The Atlantic joins many other sites in turning off comments - but that doesn’t mean its abandoning reader commentary.
What Makes A Troll A Troll?
Research shows that two factors predict trolling behavior.
The Washington Post is also using AI for comments
Looks like the “AI for comments” trend is on the match: The Washington Post has launched ModBot, a software application that utilizes artificial intelligence to moderate comments. The proprietary technology uses machine learning to automatically filter comments that require human…
The New York Times battles trolls with AI
I’ve spent a significant chunk of today reading about AI, for another writing project. That led me back to a piece, about the New York Times harnessing AI system called Perspective to help with comment moderation: “What Moderator really…
Zetland: journalism as (profitable) community service
Another set of liveblogged notes from Digital Media Europe 2017. Typos, inaccuracy and howling crimes against grammar and syntax probable. Lea Korsgaard, Editor-in-Chief, Zetland, Denmark Do you create a community to monetise it? No. You create a community to serve…
Zeit Online: hunting the millennial online – and offline.
I’m at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Europe conference in Copenhagen for the next few days. This is the first of my liveblogged session notes from the event. Christian Röpke, CEO, ZEIT ONLINE Die Zeit has a 500,000 paid…