Does Positive Reinforcement Work?: A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Effects of Positive Feedback on Reddit

C Lambert, K Saha, E Chandrasekharan - arxiv preprint arxiv:2409.20410, 2024 - arxiv.org
Social media platform design often incorporates explicit signals of positive feedback. Some
moderators provide positive feedback with the goal of positive reinforcement, but are often …

Incorporating Procedural Fairness in Flag Submissions on Social Media Platforms

Y Shim, S Jhaver - arxiv preprint arxiv:2409.08498, 2024 - arxiv.org
Flagging mechanisms on social media platforms allow users to report inappropriate
posts/accounts for review by content moderators. These reports are pivotal to platforms' …

Uncovering the Internet's Hidden Values: An Empirical Study of Desirable Behavior Using Highly-Upvoted Content on Reddit

A Goyal, C Lambert, E Chandrasekharan - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
A major task for moderators of online spaces is norm-setting, essentially creating shared
norms for user behavior in their communities. Platform design principles emphasize the …

Investigating How Gilds Were Employed on Reddit

C Lambert, Y Jain, K Saha… - Companion Publication of …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Certain types of positive feedback are among the most commonly-used signals in online
communities. For the recipients, these signals may already be serving as positive …

Proactively Supporting Online Community Health Through Mechanisms of Positive Reinforcement

C Lambert - Companion Publication of the 2024 Conference on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Moderators are often characterized as punitive actors, but they are capable of creating
norms and supporting community values. One way moderators can do this is through …