Editing Online Communities and Crowds (Spring 2025) (section)

==== Assignments ====
* [https://canvas.northwestern.edu/courses/229769/modules/items/3439568 Week 6 Discussion Prompts]
* Kiesler, S, Kittur, A., Kraut, R., & Resnick, P. 2012. [https://kraut.hciresearch.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kiesler10-Regulation-current.pdf Regulating behavior in online communities] in Kraut, R. and Resnick, P. ''Building Successful Online Communities'' (Chapter 4; focus for first half—through p. 21— for Mon.; the rest for Wed.).
* Complete [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Northwestern_University/Online_communities_and_crowds_(Spring_2025)/timeline#week-6 Week 6 Wikipedia Assignment exercises]
;'''Case resources (for Monday)'''
* Fiesler, Casey, Jialun Jiang, Joshua McCann, Kyle Frye, and Jed Brubaker. 2018. [https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v12i1.15033 Reddit Rules! Characterizing an Ecosystem of Governance]. Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) 12 (1). https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v12i1.15033.
* Rules side-bar (right-hand side of the page) for the following subreddits (for some, you'll have expand each rule):
** r/AmItheAsshole
** r/nosleep (again)
** r/Northwestern
* [https://www.yelp.com/guidelines Yelp's guidelines] (be sure to click 'expand all')
;'''Case resources (for Wednesday)'''
* Johnson, Anne. 2014. “Policing The Trolls: The Ins and Outs of Comment Moderation.” ''NPR'', September 24, 2014, sec. Fairness & Accuracy. https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2014/09/24/348775874/policing-the-trolls-the-ins-and-outs-of-comment-moderation.
* Lomas, Natasha. 2015. “Can Civil Comments Kill The Internet Troll?” ''TechCrunch'' (blog). October 31, 2015. https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/31/can-civil-comments-kill-internet-trolls/.
* Schneider, Daniel J. and Errc Lubbers. 2017. “Our Article Comments Have Been a Cesspool of Trolls and Spam for Years. Enter Civil Comments.” ''The Denver Post'' (blog). May 23, 2017. https://www.denverpost.com/2017/05/22/denver-post-civil-comments/.