Damon McCoy

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Caught in a Mafia Romance: How Users Explore Intimate Narratives with Chatbots

AI chatbots, built using large language models, are increasingly integrated into society and mimic the patterns of human text exchanges. While previous research has raised concerns that humans may form romantic attachment to chatbots, the range of AI-mediated interactions that people wish to create for themselves or o…

CSCW '25CorrespondingMisinformation, News, and Fact-Checking

"It Would Be a Lot Harder for Them to Change Their Mind....They Grew Up in Like a Very Different Time and a Very Different Location”: Barriers to Misinformation Corrections in Online Black and Latine Private Spaces

Misinformation disproportionately affects Black and Latine communities in the U.S., particularly spreading in private online groups where platform-based moderation and fact-checking are challenging. Close-tie corrections from family members and friends in online private spaces are crucial as they may be the primary fo…

CSCW '245th+ AuthorHonorable MentionSession 2c: Protecting Users in Digital Spaces

Stoking the flames: Understanding escalation in an online harassment community

Online harassment remains a prevalent problem for internet users. Its impact is made orders of magnitude worse when multiple harassers coordinate to conduct networked attacks. This paper presents an analysis of 231 threads in Kiwi Farms, a notorious online harassment community. We find that networked online harassment…

CSCW '225th+ AuthorCommunity-Driven & Value-Sensitive Design; Community-Driven & Value-Sensitive Design

Ethics and Efficacy of Unsolicited Anti-Trafficking SMS Outreach

The sex industry exists on a continuum based on the degree of work autonomy present in one's labor conditions: a high degree of autonomy exists on one side of the continuum where certain independent sex workers have a great deal of agency, while much less autonomy exists on the other side, where sex is traded under co…

CSCW '21CorrespondingReflections on Tech and CSCW

"I'm a Professor, which isn't usually a dangerous job'': Internet-Facilitated Harassment and its Impact on Researchers

While the Internet has dramatically increased the exposure that research can receive, it has also facilitated harassment against scholars. To understand the impact that these attacks can have on the work of researchers, we perform a series of systematic interviews with researchers including academics, journalists, and…

CSCW '205th+ AuthorBest PaperUnderstanding and Fighting Toxicity / Moderation

“So-called privacy breeds evil”: Narrative Justifications for Intimate Partner Surveillance in Online Forums

A growing body of research suggests that intimate partner abusers use digital technologies to surveil their partners, including by installing spyware apps, compromising devices and online accounts, and employing social engineering tactics. However, to date, this form of privacy violation, called intimate partner surve…

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