Umashanthi Pavalanathan

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CSCW '181st AuthorWikipedia

Mind Your POV: Convergence of Articles and Editors Towards Wikipedia's Neutrality Norm

Wikipedia has a strong norm of writing in a ``neutral point of view'' (NPOV). Articles that violate this norm are tagged, and editors are encouraged to make corrections. But the impact of this tagging system has not been quantitatively measured. Does NPOV tagging help articles to converge to the desired style? Do NPOV…

CSCW '182nd AuthorOnline Harassment and Content Moderation

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

In 2015, Reddit closed several subreddits-foremost among them r/fatpeoplehate and r/CoonTown-due to violations of Reddit's anti-harassment policy. However, the effectiveness of banning as a moderation approach remains unclear: banning might diminish hateful behavior, or it may relocate such behavior to different parts…

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