Nick Proferes
@profprof.bsky.social
Studies tech, discourse, and how sometimes things mean other things. Opinions are my own. Grading while listening to death metal enthusiast.
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Nick Proferes
@profprof.bsky.social
· Jul 24
Local platformized utopias? corporate discourse, community groups, and volunteer moderation on Facebook, Reddit, and NextDoor
journals.sagepub.com
New OA pub day! Given the dwindling of local newspapers, folks are turning to social media. Platforms are discursively constructing local community groups as a new kind of hub. But local volunteer mods are the ones who are charged to realize these visions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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And another gem from the summer: Nicholas Proferes @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social @kthorson.bsky.social @ankolika.bsky.social Chia-Fang Chang and Ava Francesca Battocchio write about the rhetoric of localism in platform content moderation. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
And another gem from the summer: Nicholas Proferes @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social @kthorson.bsky.social @ankolika.bsky.social Chia-Fang Chang and Ava Francesca Battocchio write about the rhetoric of localism in platform content moderation. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
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Way back in 1947, Alan Turing had thoughts on how AI would influence the demand for skilled labor.
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
![Roughly speaking those who work in connection with the [automatic computing engine] will be divided into its masters and its servants. Its masters will plan out instruction tables for it, thinking up deeper and deeper ways of using it...The masters are liable to get replaced because as soon as any technique becomes at all stereotyped it becomes possible to devise a system of instruction tables which will enable the electronic computer to do it for itself. It may happen however that the masters will refuse to do this. They may be unwilling to let their jobs be stolen from them in this way. In that case they would surround the whole of their work with mystery and make excuses, couched in well chosen gibberish, whenever any dangerous suggestions were made.
— Alan Turing (1947) Lecture on the Automatic Computing Engine](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tbqqvyv6pjjww44glrmycaxl/bafkreiajgzfaixqslnz2oftyxfcz2htgwbfisxfeyoospb5o6f3arqwfgu@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Way back in 1947, Alan Turing had thoughts on how AI would influence the demand for skilled labor.
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
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We're hiring tenure-track Asst Prof Philosophy. Good people, great research and teaching. AOS applied ethics broadly construed. AOCs open. Teach bioethics, ethics of AI, undergrad, graduate certificate in Ethical Dimensions of AI, planned Masters Bioethics. philjobs.org/job/show/30245 #philsky
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We're hiring tenure-track Asst Prof Philosophy. Good people, great research and teaching. AOS applied ethics broadly construed. AOCs open. Teach bioethics, ethics of AI, undergrad, graduate certificate in Ethical Dimensions of AI, planned Masters Bioethics. philjobs.org/job/show/30245 #philsky
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Worth reading:
"The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here" by Damon Beres
www.theatlantic.com/...
#GenerativeAI
"The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here" by Damon Beres
www.theatlantic.com/...
#GenerativeAI
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Worth reading:
"The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here" by Damon Beres
www.theatlantic.com/...
#GenerativeAI
"The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here" by Damon Beres
www.theatlantic.com/...
#GenerativeAI
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NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
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If you donate to your local food bank remember your employer might match your donations and double them. Every month I send $50 and they get $100
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If you donate to your local food bank remember your employer might match your donations and double them. Every month I send $50 and they get $100
Going to watch the baseball game tonight on mute while blasting Bauhaus in the background.
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Going to watch the baseball game tonight on mute while blasting Bauhaus in the background.
So baseball again in a few hours, right?
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
So baseball again in a few hours, right?
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Do...do stadiums serve breakfast?
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Do...do stadiums serve breakfast?
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googling 'how do you win baseball'
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
googling 'how do you win baseball'
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lol game 4 is later today
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
lol game 4 is later today
Sisyphus would love this game.
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Sisyphus would love this game.
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OK so you know the gag on the Simpsons when Sideshow Bob is stepping on the rakes, it's funny, then it's too much, then it's terrible, then it's transcendently hilarious
this baseball game
this baseball game
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
OK so you know the gag on the Simpsons when Sideshow Bob is stepping on the rakes, it's funny, then it's too much, then it's terrible, then it's transcendently hilarious
this baseball game
this baseball game
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RIP david lynch you would have loved a baseball stadium full of people slowly losing their minds
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 AM
RIP david lynch you would have loved a baseball stadium full of people slowly losing their minds
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Sports people. Do you realize what time it is? Go to bed.
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Sports people. Do you realize what time it is? Go to bed.
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Sandy Koufax now making his way toward the Dodger bullpen
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Sandy Koufax now making his way toward the Dodger bullpen
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wow 12 innings of baseball that's almost ten miles on the 101
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
wow 12 innings of baseball that's almost ten miles on the 101
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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
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🇳🇴 I'm in Bergen for #CSCW25 🇳🇴
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
'There Has To Be a Lot That We're Missing': Moderating AI-Generated Content on Reddit | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Generative AI is altering how we work, learn, communicate, and participate in online communities. How might online communities be changed by generative AI? To start addressing this question, we focused on online community moderators' experiences with AI-...
dl.acm.org
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🇳🇴 I'm in Bergen for #CSCW25 🇳🇴
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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What an unsurprising decision by corporations that desperately need to make money with AI. If every other company with a chatbot isn't already doing this, then expect them to be following Meta's lead soon. The chatbot is not your friend; it's a corporate listening device. www.ft.com/content/22f7...
October 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
What an unsurprising decision by corporations that desperately need to make money with AI. If every other company with a chatbot isn't already doing this, then expect them to be following Meta's lead soon. The chatbot is not your friend; it's a corporate listening device. www.ft.com/content/22f7...
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Is AI actually a sound social investment? Or a net drain of value? Come to Edinburgh and help us @braiduk.bsky.social develop a more holistic and rigorous methodology for measuring AI’s real worth!
New research job alert! Come and join the amazing @braiduk.bsky.social team, working with me and @shannonvallor.bsky.social. The post is exploring the social return of AI investments. Feel free to reach out, and apply here - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA010/r...
Research Associate at The University of Edinburgh
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Is AI actually a sound social investment? Or a net drain of value? Come to Edinburgh and help us @braiduk.bsky.social develop a more holistic and rigorous methodology for measuring AI’s real worth!
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
September 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this