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Amy Bruckman

@asbruckman.bsky.social

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I study online communities, content moderation, and social movements.

Amy Susan Bruckman is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology affiliated with the School of Interactive Computing and the GVU Center. She is best known for her pioneering research in the fields of online communities and the learning sciences. In 1999, she was selected as one of MIT Technology Review's TR100 awardees, honoring 100 remarkable innovators under the age of 35. .. more

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon cheats customers in a hundred ways www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Column | I tracked Amazon’s Prime Day prices. We’ve been played.

Here’s what you should do to actually get a good deal on Amazon.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 13d

“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”

-Declaration of Independence

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 13d

Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 14d

This only happens to you once

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · 15d

Hidden fees and deceptive sales practices are about to get worse with the introduction of "AI Agents":
asbruckman.medium.com/the-cost-of-...

The Cost of a Taco: Accelerating Dark Patterns for Consumers and the Threat of AI Agents

There are four pretty good taco shops near my office. Yesterday for lunch I had one fish taco and one grilled chicken. Here’s my receipt:

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · 18d

Great post by @popehatnamechanges.bsky.social on problems with "free speech culture":
It "picks a speaker, treats that person’s speech as the speech that should concern us, and then applies a set of cultural norms and questions only to the responses to that speech."

www.popehat.com/p/how-free-s...

How "Free Speech Culture" Is Killing Free Speech: Part One

Blurring The Lines Between Official Censorship And Individual Criticism Built The Intellectual Foundation For Trump's Assault On Free Expression

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 20d

I’m worried it can still get stupider

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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · 22d

You can read their paper here: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

There will be a Lasting Impact session at #cscw2025 on Tuesday, October 21 at 11am. This session will be available to in-person and virtual attendees.

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Hollaback! | Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · 24d

CSCW is experimenting with a rolling format!

We still need an Editor-in-Chief for the "Mixed Methods" Track, preferably a full professor or research manager in industry from the Global South. Let @eegilbert.org and I know if you know someone good. #CSCW #CSCW-Rolling

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CSCW Rolling Submissions

CSCW is experimenting with a new format: rolling submissions. You will be able to submit work to CSCW whenever it is ready (no deadlines)…

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Reposted by Amy Bruckman, Julia Lynch, Dan Immergluck , and 2 more Amy Bruckman, Julia Lynch, Dan Immergluck, Timothy D. McBride, David Darmofal

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 28d

America's lowest wage workers were experiencing the fastest wage growth from 2015-2022.

Now they are experiencing the slowest wage growth and the most abrupt deceleration.

Ruo Shui @ruoshuiresearch.bsky.social · 28d

Title: Wage Growth Tracker by Wage Level

Line chart tracking 12-month moving average of median wage growth for U.S. workers across four wage quartiles and overall, 1998–2025.

Legend / Quartiles:

🟦 Overall

🟩 1st quartile (lowest wage earners)
🟧 2nd quartile
🟪 3rd quartile
🟦 4th quartile (highest wage earners)

2000–2002: Wage growth declines sharply across all quartiles during the early 2000s recession.

2008–2010: Deep drop during the Great Recession; growth in 1st quartile hits ~1%, lowest among all.

2010–2020: Gradual recovery; 1st quartile consistently slightly below others.

2021–2023: Sharp spike in wage growth across all quartiles, peaking in 2022 at ~7–7.5% for 1st and 2nd quartiles.

2024–2025: Wage growth declines from peak; 1st quartile falls faster than higher quartiles (~3.8% by Aug 2025).

Overall: Wage growth is cyclical, with recessions creating major troughs and recent post-pandemic spike now tapering.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Current Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Reposted by Amy Bruckman, Rebecca Tushnet, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Sep 10

When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 27

Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.

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America Xanadu @johnxuandou.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · Aug 10

Nice Planet Money podcast about what happened when other nations (Argentina, Greece) falsified economic data podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Planet Money

Business Podcast · Updated Daily · Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the r...

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · Aug 6

Roblox has safety issues www.ajc.com/news/2025/08...

DeKalb mom sues Roblox, alleging sexploitation. More suits expected.

A DeKalb County mother has sued online gaming company Roblox alleging it puts profit before safety and allows predators to groom and exploit children.

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · Aug 1

"But what universities are learning, that authoritarian scholars already know and have been saying, is that complying with illegitimate attacks does not make them stop—it makes them continue"

Super useful timeline of the attacks on GMU

Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · Jul 31

I made an event timeline to try to make sense of all the federal overreach at @georgemasonu.bsky.social and whoo boy. When you lay it out like this, the executive over reach comes into focus. open.substack.com/pub/misofact...

Authoritarians are attacking universities. Here's how it's going at one public school.

I'm publicly documenting an event timeline to help bring order to the chaotic nature of events and help other schools plan the responses they are likely going to need.

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · Jul 26

Are you using AI at work? What’s working and what’s not? New subreddit: reddit.com/r/AIActual

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Jun 25

What impact is AI having on jobs in the tech industry? I've been collecting stories from tech workers—from engineers at giants like Google to content mods at TikTok to coders at small startups—to find out.

Here, in their words, is how AI is transforming, degrading, and yes, replacing their jobs.

How AI is killing jobs in the tech industry

Tech workers at TikTok, Google, and across the industry share stories about how AI is changing, ruining, or replacing their jobs.

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · Jun 25

Loving the new book @older.bsky.social !

Question: am I losing my mind, or do you invent words? Some of them are kinda fun. Ever seen anyone adopt one for use?

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · Jun 25

AI is encouraging students to be more ignorant and dishonest. asbruckman.medium.com/ai-and-the-e...

AI and the Erosion of Student Knowledge and Integrity

AI is encouraging students to be more ignorant and more dishonest.

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · Jun 24

Outlook’s AI message summaries read like a cartoon by @nathanwpyle.bsky.social (“Gratitude was expressed; thoughts and reaction were considered”)

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jun 22

Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice

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Sarah Tolcser @tolcser.bsky.social · Jun 14

I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

a photo grid of dolls with protest t-shirts and signs.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · Jun 9

I still think it's pretty wild that corrupt oligarchs destroyed the entirety of U.S. consumer protection and corporate oversight and it's barely written about by journalists or policy folks

just not really of any serious interest

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · Jun 2

Looks great—thank you!

Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · Jun 2

I am anti-cryptocurrency for ethical and environmental reasons, but I'd like to be studiously neutral in tone and content in class, and let students form their own opinions.

Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · Jun 2

Can anyone recommend a good reading/podcast/video that will explain crytocurrency to undergrads? I'd like to cover its history (including original motivations, later motivations), technological forms, and ethical issues raised.

Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · May 28

From a hike in Lyle. WA this week

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · May 21

They're terminating OPT.

Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.

6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com

Skilled immigration on the chopping block? Effects of eliminating "Optional Practical Training" in the US

The White House has taken numerous steps to sharply reduce the number of immigrant workers, with or without legal status, in the US economy. These policies, so far, typically target immigrants with le...

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · May 21

Another week, another research ethics controversy.

TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized.

But let's unpack this one... 🧵

www.404media.co/researchers-...

Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online

A Brazilian team used Discord’s API to scrape 10% of its open servers.

www.404media.co

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