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Past Member

J Nathan Matias

Former Visiting Scholar
Project Research

CivilServant: User-led randomized trials online

The CivilServant project supports online communities to run their own experiments on the effects of moderation practices on antisocial beha…
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Whose Lives Matter in the News?

Since the killing of Michael Brown, the Black Lives Matter movement has organized on social media to draw attention to the deaths of unarme…
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Going Dark: Collective action in the Reddit Blackout

How do people who lead communities on online platforms join together in mass collective action to influence platform operators? Going Dark …
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Archived
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Peer Appreciation in the Workplace

Organizations are deploying gratitude-tracking systems to encourage appreciation, promote pro-sociality, and monitor employee wellbeing. We…
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Archived
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Student Legal Services for Innovation

Should students be prosecuted for innovative projects? In December 2014, four undergraduates associated with the Media Lab were subpoenaed …
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Archived
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Open Gender Tracker

Open Gender Tracker is a suite of open-source tools and APIs that make it easy for newsrooms and media monitors to collect metrics and gain…
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Readersourcing

The Passing On project uses data from 20 years of New York Times stories about society's heroes, leaders, and visionaries to "reader-source…
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Archived
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Reporting, Reviewing, and Responding to Harassment on Twitter

In November 2014, Twitter granted Women, Action, and the Media (WAM!) authorized status to report harassment to the company. In three weeks…
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HackathonFAQ

Discourse on hackathons tends to emphasize projects and project creators rather than the events as a social practice within existing commun…
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Archived
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The People's Bot

Telepresent robots are often pitched as a technology to extend the influence of those who already have money and power. We want to use robo…
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Archived
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NewsPad

NewsPad is a collaborative article editor that empowers small communities to write articles collaboratively through community sourcing, str…
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Archived
Project Research

Who Answers Questions on Twitter?

Many Twitter users post questions with hashtags like #twoogle or #lazyweb. Is this an effective way to find expert answers beyond one's net…
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T.I.C.K.L.E.

The Toy Interface Construction Kit Learning Environment (T.I.C.K.L.E.) is a universal construction kit for the rest of us. It doesn't requi…
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