Recommender systems can learn from how r\ifyoulikeblank users solicit recommendations from each other. Our @ACM_CSCW paper led by @momen_bh shows unique recommendation forms (e.g., a movie that captures Lofi hip-hop vibe) w\ @Donghan9508, Jelson, @tanmit

stare decisis is dead

Distressing news!! @YouTube reverses stance on misinfo, allowing elec denialism. In our @acm_chi paper, we found positive impact of their prev policy with fewer elect fraud videos in search results. This decision is a significant step backward. Our paper

Our study reveals that users have better precision in identifying similarity than identifying disparity. It also shows some impact on their credibility perception when an article pair has high contrast. See the full paper here:

We tested users' performance in annotating similarities & important disparities between news article pairs on contentious topics like abortion and whether such engagement impacts their attitude toward the articles

Are you frustrated by media bias and wonder if you could simultaneously engage with news articles from opposing-leaning sources? Our work at #CHI2023 w/ @tanmit @snaglee2401 @niteshg does just that with a comparative news annotation interface NewsComp

Since nobody asked, I am not going to #CHI2023 in-person this year

New on PNAS NEXUS 🚨 *Deplatforming Parler following January 6th did not decrease the activity of Parler users in fringe social media in general* Users migrated to other platforms like Gab at a rate that compensated for the decrease in activity in Parler 📰 https://t.co/XlaGHLi0BI

RT! Echolab is seeking people with experience using IFTTT pro+ for an interview and user study. If you’re interested in participating, please fill out the form here: https://t.co/gMX1uUnVsk The participants will be compensated (e-gift $60) card.

On a personal note, I worked on my #CHI2023 paper during a tough time in my life and I am proud of myself for completing the work and successfully submitting it to the conference. And I got lucky that the paper got accepted 😊

My paper - "Assessing enactment of content regulation policies: A post hoc crowd-sourced audit of election misinformation on YouTube" with @momen_bh and @tanmit got accepted to #CHI2023. @uw_ischool @uwcip @VT_CS (1/6)

I tried ChatGPT #AI #misinformation

Can’t wait to see the sh*tshow it’ll start

I will be presenting this work at the #CSCW2022 Misinformation, Fake News & Conspiracy Theories sessions tomorrow at 8:40pm PST and next Wednesday at 8:40am PST. Come say hi!

Echolab @VT_CS is at #UIST2022! @Donghan9508 will present Scrapbook, a screenshot-based bookmark system that captures all visible (and invisible) applications from your computer screen and lets you reopen resources you need to resume an interrupted task. Wed 2:30PM (A/J)

📢📢📢 Interested in grad school and cybersecurity? @junxzm and I are launching the Software Security Group (SSG) at @UtahSoC! Come join us to work on fun research projects, compete in CTFs, and hike the beautiful Utah mountains! (RT's appreciated 😃) https://t.co/Eimw1NLL2w

I'm ecstatic to share that my paper "Human and technological infrastructures of fact-checking" with @tanmit won 𝐓𝐖𝐎 awards at #cscw2022: 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, and 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🥳 @uw_ischool @ACM_CSCW https://t.co/xGLxwRPrZI

RT! I will be looking for one or two Ph.D. students for Fall 2023! If you want to create and study interactive systems that facilitate empathy, self-reflection, self-expression, and creative computing, consider applying to Echolab @VT_CS Due 12/15.

Write. Eat. Sleep.

Took a while to get access to #dalle2. I tried Asimov's robot series: The caves of steel and The robots of the dawn. The naked sun is apparently against content policy.