A Simple Way to Reduce Harassment in Online Discussion Groups
New research finds that prominently posting community rules can make a big difference in deterring trolls.
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Can Pinterest Stop the Anti-Vaccine Movement?
Pinterest has taken a more extreme approach to banning anti-vaccine content than Facebook. Here's how that could help.
Why the Children of Anti-Vaxxers Are Taking to Reddit for Advice
What do you do when your parents refuse to let you get vaccinated? Ask the Internet.
PS Picks: The Endless Complexity of r/relationships
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
The Lede, Issue #38: Fracking in California, an Investigation Into Nike, the Endless Complexity of r/relationships, and More
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Subculture: Tulpamancers
The latest in a series of miniature portraits of life on the fringes. As Told to Kate Wheeling…
The Impressive Power of an Upvote on Reddit
Experiments reveal that a single, random upvote or downvote on Reddit has a big influence on what we…
Seven Lessons About Hollywood From the Original Six
Takeaways from an unexpectedly controversial Reddit AMA.
Next Week: A Reddit AMA With the Original Six
Join us for a discussion with the women who spearheaded the movement to hold Hollywood accountable for gender and racial discrimination—in the 1970s and '80s.
A ‘Scandalous Club’ for the 21st Century: The Messy Ethics of the Modern Advice Column
Internet forums have diminished the authority of the advice columnist—and raised new questions about who's qualified to counsel strangers.