You Can't Stay Here: The Efficacy of Reddit's 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate Speech

Chandrasekharan et al. · PACM HCI (CSCW) · 2017

Authors: Chandrasekharan et al.
Year: 2017
Venue: PACM HCI (CSCW)
Topic: moderation

Summary

Causal analysis of 100M+ posts shows Reddit's 2015 ban of r/fatpeoplehate and r/CoonTown cut hate-speech usage by accounts that stayed, and the subreddits receiving 'migrants' saw no significant rise in hate speech.

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Reddit Bans r/fatpeoplehate and Four Other Subreddits Under New Anti-Harassment Policy

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ACM/Semantic Scholar paper page
Academic2017
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Author-hosted PDF (eegilbert.org)
Academic2017

You Can't Stay Here: The Efficacy of Reddit's 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate Speech

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You Can't Stay Here: The Efficacy of Reddit's 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate Speech

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