Code & Anonymized/Aggregated Data for: Reducing the Silencing Role of Harassment in Online Feminism Discussions
- J. Nathan Matias (Cornell University)
- Marianne Reddan (Stanford University)
- Tyler Simko (Harvard University)
Marginalized communities online often face disruption from outsiders trying to cause trouble. These communities are targets for coordinated harassment on platforms where anyone can join nearly any discussion and search algorithms enable organized groups to find and disrupt conversations.
In a two-year collaboration with the /r/feminism community on Reddit, the Citizens and Technology Lab designed a field experiment to test ideas for reducing this chilling effect on freedom of expression in marginalized groups online.
This repository includes our analysis code, alongside anonymized, aggregated datasets for scientific re-analysis.
Links for more information
- Community Debriefing: Study Results: Reducing the Silencing Role of Harassment in Online Feminism Discussions
- CAT Lab Research Page: Freedom of Expression in Marginalized Groups Online