Hussam Habib

Moderating a Moving Target -- How can Reddit monitor communtieis better?

Reddit has had a complicated relationships with community-level moderation. The bans and quarantines have often been delayed and inconsistent. What makes community-level moderation a hard task and can it be improved?

Making a Radical Misogynist: How online social engagement with the Manosphere influences traits of radicalization

It has become dangerously easy to become an Incel on the internet. In our work we seek to study how users adopt radical behavior online. We monitor Reddit users and see how their engagement with the Manosphere influence identifiers of radical behaviors.