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Finally blogged about my paper (led by @zkharazian) that seeks to explain why Croatian Wikipedia spent a decade captured by a cabal of political extremists and became a site for Holocaust revisionism, while similar Wikipedia languages fared much better. mako.cc/copyrighteous/…

ICYMI: Finally blogged about an old paper (led by @groceryheist) that explains why people often engage in multiple groups with overlapping topic and membership, and which helps explain why competition between online groups seems to be rare. mako.cc/copyrighteous/…

Last chance to register for our 13th Science of Community Dialogue: The Impacts of Organizational Interventions in Open Source Software Engineering! Learn more register: wiki.communitydata.science/The_Impacts_of…

Join the CDSC on Nov. 7th for our next Community Dialogue! PhD student Matt Gaughan and Dr. Igor Steinmacher will discuss how FLOSS projects adapt to recruit new contributors and build the project communities that they want. Learn more and register: buff.ly/D9YM94i

What happens when we blur the boundaries of AI and friends? Join Hseun-Chiu Chi and Jasmine McNealy for our Community Dialogue that explores how chatbots invite disclosure while raising concerns about data privacy and how some are pushing back. buff.ly/7MGytNz

We're hosting our 12th Community Dialogue on Oct. 17 from 12-2pm CT! CDSC member Hsuen-Chi (Hazel) Chiu will be joined by Professor Jasmine McNealy to discuss AI refusal and privacy. Click here to register and learn more: wiki.communitydata.science/AI_Boundaries:…

Thinking about applying to grad school? Wonder what it’s like to pursue a PhD or MS? Interested in the intersect of technology and society? CDSC is hosting a Q&A session for prospective students on Sept. 26th at 12pm CT. Learn more and register here: blog.communitydata.science/prospective-ph…

Missed the Science of Community track at FOSSY this year? No worries! We're sharing recaps of each of our speakers on our blog: blog.communitydata.science We'll have 12 parts in total, so make sure to stay tuned!

Couldn't make it to FOSSY this year? No worries! You can check out the live stream below to hear from all the amazing presenters! youtube.com/live/f2wDfw2nP…

Come see us at FOSSY this week! We're running the Science of Community track on Friday, August 1st and Saturday, August 2nd! Visit 2025.fossy.us for the full schedule and ticket info.

We're one week away from #FOSSY2025! Come see us at the Science of Community track on Friday, August 1st and Saturday, August 2nd. We have a number of great speakers joining us, check out the schedule below! You can find tickets here: 2025.fossy.us/attend/tickets/

FOSSY 2025 is only two weeks away and we've got a great line up of folks presenting during the Science of Community track! Check out our speakers below, and visit 2025.fossy.us for tickets and more information. We hope to see you there!

Come see us at FOSSY 2025! We'll be running the Science of Community track on Friday, August 1st and Saturday August 2nd. Check out the full schedule and ticket info here: 2025.fossy.us

Portrait of @comdatasci's @makoshark, describing his research on "The Challenge of Peer-Produced Websites" such as Wikipedia artsci.washington.edu/news/2025-05/c…

If you're in Denver for the International Communication Association's annual meeting, see work by and connect with @comdatasci people. @yibinfan_com, Dyuti, @makosharkattack, @jdfoote, and Haomin are all around! #ICA25 blog.communitydata.science/come-check-out…

3 days left to submit your proposal for #FOSSY2025 ! Visit wiki.communitydata.science/FOSSY_(2025) to learn more about the Science of Community Track. We can't wait to see you there!

Interested in open source software, communities, and tech? Want to bridge the gap between researchers and practitioners? Join us at FOSSY! We'll be running the Science Community Track alongside D//F. Learn more about the track and how to submit: wiki.communitydata.science/FOSSY_(2025)

We're hosting another Community Dialogue discussing the Role of Community Governance with @zkharazian and @PaulGowder on April 4th @ 12pm CT! You can learn more and register here: wiki.communitydata.science/The_Role_of_Co…

Interested in participating in 4S 2025? Sohyeon Hwang and @kayleachampion are organizing the Risks of ‘Social Model Collapse’ in the Face of Scientific and Technological Advances panel and the call for submissions are open! blog.communitydata.science/thinking-about…

CDSC's @kayleachampion will be presenting a practitioner-focused talk to the Puget Sound Python user group (PuPPY)! Drawing from her own research and academy findings, her talk will be TODAY @ 5:30pm PST at the GitHub offices in Bellevue, WA. Check it out!