Managing online partisan conflict in r/politics with CivilServant: Mason English at #CSMIT2018
Channel: Citizens and Technology Lab
Date: 2018-05-29

During the U.S. 2016 election and beyond, the r/politics community on reddit has been a key place for over millions of people to discuss American politics. With so many conflicting views, those conversations can be complicated.

In this talk at CivilServant's 2018 Community Research Summit, Mason English, moderator of the 3-million person politics discussion group r/politics, and CivilServant founder Nathan Matias describe their collaborative research testing how to reduce partisan conflict in news discussions. 

Read more about Mason and Nathan’s study and results: https://civilservant.io/do_downvotes_cause_bad_behavior_jan_2018.html
Visit r/politics: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/

Read more about the summit: https://civilservant.io/civilservant_summit_report_jan_2018.html
And about CivilServant: https://civilservant.io/