toxic communities

Facebook is an accelerator of our toxic times, not its cause Members Public

Facebook has merely harnessed and amplified the networks already at work online. Blaming the symptom for the problem is no route to a solution.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Facebook

Narcissism and toxic communities Members Public

Dispatches from the dark places of community management, where comics pros groom young women, and My Little Pony communities get infested with Nazis…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
toxic communities

The most toxic community on the internet is homeless Members Public

8chan, home of mass shooters, QAnon and the cradle of GamerGate is finding it hard to get back online. And its founder it working to keep it that way.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
chans

Reddit and the problems of scale in large communities Members Public

Is there an optimum size for online communities? This analysis of Reddit suggests that there is.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
community management

How people silence each other on social networks Members Public

The interplay between harassment and silencing is one of networks ways that users effectively networks each other on social networks.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
toxic communities