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May 1st Workshop Material
by Jaelle Fuchs 28 Apr '23

28 Apr '23

Hi everyone, Most of you have (virtually) met me at this point, still: I am Jaelle a PhD students from the University of Zurich and currently visiting the CDSC lab at Northwestern. In the workshop on Monday May 1st we will be discussing some of my work. One thing I want to achieve during my time here is to get started on a paper about the role device access plays in people’s online participation, the interview data is collected and most interviews are transcribed but I haven’t gotten farther than that yet – so thoughts about my line of argument are very welcome! I am also happy to talk more about this in the workshop. Attached is an updated position paper I submitted to an ICA pre-conference earlier this year which 1. Outlines my past work nicely and 2. Outlines one of the main arguments/motivations behind the planned paper very well. It is also pretty short. I hope it provides a good conversation basis and I look forward to talking to you all on Monday. Best, Jaelle PS: Finally, added myself to the people section on the wiki 😉 _____________________________________________ Jaelle Fuchs, MA | Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Assistentin / Research and Teaching Assistant University of Zurich IKMZ - Department of Communication and Media Research Andreasstrasse 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland T: +41 44 634 46 88 | jaellefuchs.com

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Community Data Science Collective Open House: Friday October 14th, 3:30-5pm @ UW
by Benj. Mako Hill 03 Oct '22

03 Oct '22

Greetings friends and colleagues! What: Community Data Science Collective Open Lab When: Friday, October 14th, 3:30-5pm Where: Seattle, UW, CMU 306: Directions are here: https://wiki.communitydata.science/Community_Data_Science_Lab_(UW) It's been such a long time since we've had an in person event! If you're in the Seattle area, please join us Friday, October 14th, for an informal "open lab" at the University of Washington Community Data Science Collective (CDSC). Our CDSC colleagues from Purdue University and Northwestern University will be in town as well, so there's even more reason to come! The open lab is an opportunity to learn about our research and activities, connect with us about project ideas, catch up over snacks and beverages, and pick up a sticker or two. We will have no presentations but there will be several posters up describing projects we are working on. We study online communities and platforms: participation, governance, inequality, collaboration, learning, moderation, and organizing in places like Reddit, Wikipedia, Discord, Linux, gig work platforms, and more! You can learn a bit more about the CDSC here: https://wiki.communitydata.science/Main_Page Whether you can make it not, you can also sign up on our extremely low traffic community mailing list: https://communitydata.science/mailman3/postorius/lists/community.communityd… We look forward to seeing you on Friday! Regards, Mako, on behalf of the whole collective -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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Nate TeBlunthuis' dissertation defense: THURSDAY September 23 9am (Pacific)
by Benj. Mako Hill 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

Greetings! Nate TeBlunthuis' PhD dissertation defense is scheduled for this Thursday September 23 at 9-11am Seattle time. The public portion will likely take about 90 minutes. The title is: "Ecology of Online Communities" and the defense is open to the public. Anyone is welcome to come. That date/time is officially tentative until there is final confirmation from all members of Nate's reading committee that the dissertation is ready to defend but that might not happen for a few more days and we wanted to let you know with some time in advance. The plan is to hold the defense on in my personal Zoom room, which I am slightly embarassed to admit exists: URL: https://washington.zoom.us/my/makohill Number: 951 959 3783 Nate will give a talk for 30-40 minutes or so to present his dissertation research and then there will be time for questions from his committee and from the audience. Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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[opensym2021@easychair.org: [OpenSym 2021] (Free) Registration is open!]
by Benj. Mako Hill 12 Sep '21

12 Sep '21

Greetings! OpenSym 2021 is happening this week from Wednesday through Friday. It's online and free and is structured as two 50 minutes session a day. They're 7-9am Pacific and more gental times for those who live Eastward. AND... our own Nate TeBlunthuis is presenting on Friday! :) Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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A CDSC Fediverse presence
by Benj. Mako Hill 29 Aug '21

29 Aug '21

Greetings! Because it seemed kind of awkward to ask Debian people to stay up-to-date by following our Twitter, I've set up CDSC account in the Fediverse (AKA Mastodon, ActivityPub, etc). It's online here: https://social.coop/@communitydata At the moment, it's just set to automatically repost any posts from @comdatasci to the Fediverse account, and vice versa. 1. If you are active the Fediverse, feel free to follow and/or spread the word so we build an audience. 2. Details on crossposting, the account, etc are online here: https://wiki.communitydata.science/CommunityData:Blog_and_social_media If you don't want to crosspost, just add #noxp and it should Do The Right Thing. 3. If you're on the People page on the wiki, I will try to add you to the list of featured follows on the account if I see you follow. I would love it if other people had access to this so they could help maintain it, grant access to others, etc. Reach out to me offlist if you can help and I'll get you the password. Can I volunteer you, Carl? Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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Sociotechnocanonicon (September 1 & 8): Marwell and Oliver's "The Critical Mass in Collective Action"
by Benj. Mako Hill 29 Aug '21

29 Aug '21

Greetings folks! For those that weren't at the meeting last week... The plan for the next week is to read (or revisit) Pamela Oliver and Gerald Marwell's book on "Critical Mass in Collective Action": Week 11 (September 1) 1pm Pacific, 3pm Central: Chapters 1-4 (pg 1-100) on "Building blocks: goods, groups, and processes"; "The paradox of group size"; and "The dynamics of production functions" Week 12 (September 8) 1pm Pacific, 3pm Central: Chapters 5-8 (pg 101-193) on "Social networks: density, centralization, and cliques"; "Selectivity in social networks"; "Reach and selectivity as strategies of recruitment;" and "Unfinished business" PLUS! Marwell & Oliver's retrospective "Whatever Happened to Critical Mass Theory?" https://doi.org/10.1111/0735-2751.00142 A soft copy of the book is online here: https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/9wxz3ztcqUkCbrIt/marwell_oliver-critical_m… We'll meet in/at the normal place/time: https://wiki.communitydata.science/Sociotechnocanonicon This will be the last book of the summer! Please join us if you can. Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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Sociotechnocanonicon (August 18): Margaret Levi's "On Rule and Revenue" Chapters 1-4
by Benj. Mako Hill 21 Aug '21

21 Aug '21

Greetings! For reading group next week (August 18) we'll be reading Margaret Levi's "On Rule and Revenue" which is a book about legitimacy in governance through a analysis of taxation. You may recall seeing it discussed at some length in Elinor Ostrom's "Governing the Commons." This coming week we'll be reading the first half of the book (Chapters 1-4). There's a soft copy of the book in PDF here: https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/dQAjeBJrh61LKp0z/levi-on_rule_and_revenue.… The plan is to read the second half of the book next week but it looks like the entire second half of the book is extended historical examples so we decide as a group what to do next week. After this we're going to read Pamela Oliver and Gerald Marwell's book on the "Critical Mass in Collective Action" which we read a couple years ago but which is important enough that it's worth returning to it for the newer folks who haven't read it yet and for a bunch of us that are planning a paper that is directly inspired by a conversation we had last time we read it. Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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Sociotechnocanonicon (August 11): Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Benj. Mako Hill 05 Aug '21

05 Aug '21

Greetings! For reading group next week (August 11) we'll be reading Thomas Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions." There's a soft copy of the book in PDF and ePub here: https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/FJh7gvyBUzrRzhPK/kuhn-structure_of_scienti… https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/NRr2HHblnWgjrGws/kuhn-structure_of_scienti… The book is a pretty fast read but we WILL be talking about the whole book on Wednesday so don't leave it until the last minute! Remaining suggestions are Margaret Levy's book on legitmacy and governance and Pam Oliver and Gerry Marwell's book on the critical mass in collective action which we read a couple years ago. We likely will only do two more books after this week so if there's anything you want to cover as a group, now is the time to speak up! Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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Sociotechnocanonicon (July 28 & August 4): Jenna Bednar on "A Robust Federation"
by Benj. Mako Hill 23 Jul '21

23 Jul '21

Greetings! For those that weren't there last week or didn't see the message on IRC, this is a quick reminder that our next two "Sociotechnocanonicon" reading group meetings will be focused on Jenna Bednar book "A Robust Federation." Meetings times will be at the "normal" time at 1pm Pacific / 3pm Central. We'll meet in the normal place: https://meet.jit.si/cdsc We'll break up the book into two as follows: Wed July 28: Chapters 1-4 Wed August 4: Chapter 5-8 There are mathematical appendixes here and there throughout the book and we imagine many folks will skip or skim those. Both meetings are planned for an hour and are on the group calendar. There's a soft copy of the book here: https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/uVckds58TRIRbIn8/bednar-robust_federation.… Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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Sociotechnocanonicon (July 7 & 14): Axelrod on "Evolution of Cooperation"
by Benj. Mako Hill 02 Jul '21

02 Jul '21

Greetings! A reminder that our next two "Sociotechnocanonicon" reading group meetings will be focused on David Axelrod's book "The Evolution of Cooperation." Thanks for being bold and putting on the schedule, Kaylea! Meetings times will be: Week 3 (July 7) 1pm Pacific, 3pm Central: Parts I - III Week 4 (July 14) 1pm Pacific, 3pm Central: Parts IV and V. Both meetings are planned for an hour and are on the group calendar. There's a soft copy of the book here: https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/a5lLqeQlF7TlFQwE/axelrod-evolution_of_coop… Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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