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icwsm.bsky.social @icwsm.bsky.social · Jul 22

🚨 The deadline for submitting proposals to host ICWSM 2027 is extended! Send your proposals (and questions) to Ceren Budak by August 15

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Simona Bisiani @simonabisiani.bsky.social · Jun 27

To all my newfound connections at @icwsm.bsky.social coming to @ic2s2.bsky.social in beautiful Norrköping (p.s. I'll be around, hit me up to see the best bar + city gems), the wonderful @hendrik-erz.de at @iasliu.bsky.social has built a tool to get you on top of things when it comes to schedule!

Hendrik Erz @hendrik-erz.de · Jun 21

+++ NEW ARTICLE +++

I built an interactive schedule for my field's largest conference and, if you'd like to, yours, too!

www.hendrik-erz.de/post/i-built...

I Built an Interactive Schedule for my Field's Largest Conference (and yours, too)

How do you communicate the what and where of various events at large conferences? This seems to be still a relatively unsolved problem, at least in …

www.hendrik-erz.de

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Adrian Arnaiz @adri-arnaiz.bsky.social · Jun 27

Had a great time presenting our work at @icwsm.bsky.social on measuring and mitigating structural social capital disparities in social networks 🕸️

Really appreciated the thoughtful feedback and the chance to connect with such an amazing community!

📄 Read the paper: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...

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Ana Levordashka @anidroid.bsky.social · Jun 27

Last morning in gorgeous Copenhagen ☕

#icwsm was a treat, thank you to the organisers @icwsm.bsky.social and speakers  

Sharing some of my highlights - psychology, nlp, validity(!) 

and plenty more in this starter pack - bsky.app/starter-pack...

bsky.app

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Rabiraj Banerjee @rabirajb.bsky.social · Jun 26

So ICWSM concluded today and it was a blast, was a great honor to attend @icwsm.bsky.social at Copenhagen and present my work with @kennyjoseph.bsky.social and other colleagues. The paper link is here :
ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...,

View of Measuring Dimensions of Self-Presentation in Twitter Bios and their Links to Misinformation Sharing

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icwsm.bsky.social @icwsm.bsky.social · Jun 27

Congrats to the best SPCs and the best reviewers of this year! #icwsm

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icwsm.bsky.social @icwsm.bsky.social · Jun 27

🏆 The Adamic-Glance winner of this year is @kous2v.bsky.social, for foundational work in using social media and multimodal sensing data #icwsm

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icwsm.bsky.social @icwsm.bsky.social · Jun 26

It’s a wrap ✨

One more edition of #icwsm is over. Amazing research outputs, insightful conversations and many new, exciting ideas!

Thanks to all the organizers, chairs and volunteers who made the event possible, and to all the participants for making ICWSM 2025 a memorable edition 🇩🇰

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icwsm.bsky.social @icwsm.bsky.social · Jun 26

Day 3, afternoon sessions: online news, virality, political coordination and Reddit #icwsm

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Alessia Galdeman @alessianetwork.bsky.social · Jun 26

On Tuesday, this happened! Thanks to my EDI-buddy @elisalvai.bsky.social — built this session together from scratch and had fun doing it ✨ Big thanks also to our invited speakers @robysinatra.bsky.social @feldtfos.bsky.social for making the session so interesting — not easy during a lunch break!

icwsm.bsky.social @icwsm.bsky.social · Jun 24

EDI Special Session: @robysinatra.bsky.social on quantifying bias and inequalities in science and @feldtfos.bsky.social on making equity, diversity and inclusion work in research projects.

Big thanks to the EDI co-chairs @alessianetwork.bsky.social and @elisalvai.bsky.social for organizing!

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Cedar Brown @ceeed.bsky.social · Jun 26

Great to present 'Dynamics of Language Change: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Language in an Online Transgender Community' at @icwsm.bsky.social #ICWSM in Copenhagen. Been fantastic developing the work with @lalzimman.bsky.social & Simon Todd.

Read the full paper here: lnkd.in/e9rqTWHh

Cedar stands at a podium presenting the final slide of a presentation to an onlooking audience

Cedar answers an audience question, alongside 5 other speakers, as audience members look on

Title slides of the presentation in purple that has the talk title and researcher names as well as the logos from the TRILL and CPLS research labs

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Alessia Galdeman @alessianetwork.bsky.social · Jun 26

The Climate TikTok tour stops by Copenhagen @icwsm.bsky.social! I presented “Mapping the climate change discussion on TikTok” at the Poster Slam Session. I loved the 1-slide-1-min format. Thanks to everyone who stopped by! If you're interested, you can check out the paper: tinyurl.com/23atjxny

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jlenti.bsky.social @jlenti.bsky.social · Jun 26

Hugging my poster at @icwsm.bsky.social! 🥰

Back in Copenhagen to present "Variational Inference of Parameters in Opinion Dynamics Models"!
Great time here, meeting all my @nerdsitu.bsky.social friends and creating new connections in the community!

ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...

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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jun 26

#ICWSM @icwsm.bsky.social would be nothing without its community. Here are some of the heroes who work hard to guarantee that authors receive useful reviews: @aldayelabeer.bsky.social @chibold.bsky.social @lespin.bsky.social @elaragon.bsky.social @shrutiphadke.bsky.social @tiziano.bsky.social

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Manoel Horta Ribeiro @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social · Jun 26

I’m stoked to have received two honorable mention awards at @icwsm.bsky.social ! With work led by Peppe, thorsten and Maciej! Sad I couldn’t attend this year but looking very much forward to catching up with this community next year!!!

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Przemek Grabowicz 🇵🇱🇪🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇮🇪 @przemyslslaw.bsky.social · Jun 26

Delighted and thankful that our study "Election Polls on Social Media: Prevalence, Biases, and Voter Fraud Beliefs" received Best Paper Honorable Mention at @icwsm.bsky.social'25! 🙏🎊 Please check the out attached thread to learn more about our study! 📄

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icwsm.bsky.social @icwsm.bsky.social · Jun 26

Best paper and honorable mentions 🏆
Congrats to all authors! #icwsm

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icwsm.bsky.social @icwsm.bsky.social · Jun 26

Day 3 morning sessions: language change and generative AI #ICWSM

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Andrea Baronchelli @baronca.bsky.social · Jun 26

At #ICWSM? Here's a starter pack for you :)
bsky.app/starter-pack...

Check also "Bootstrapping Social Networks: Lessons from Bluesky Starter Packs" ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...

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Luca Maria Aiello @lajello.bsky.social · Jun 26

Testing LLMs in the Prisoner’s Dilemma to reveal their moral biases. LLMs can defect often but become more forgiving and less retaliatory than humans when opponents are mostly cooperative. Nicolò Fontana at #ICWSM. w @frapierri.bsky.social
Paper: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...

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Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · Jun 26

Had a great time meeting everyone and seeing all the interesting work @icwsm.bsky.social. I presented our study on the Wikireddit dataset - exploring Wikipedia’s role in fact-checking, discussion, and cross-platform attention on the web. Thank you to the organisers!

📄: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...

Presenter (Patrick Gildersleve) in front of a screen summarising the WikiReddit Dataset project. The slide describes it as "Every Wikipedia mention and link on Reddit, 2020-2023", includes some example usage, describes the scale of the dataset, and offers suggested use cases.

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icwsm.bsky.social @icwsm.bsky.social · Jun 26

Adamic-Glance Awardee Keynote: @gvrkiran.bsky.social on misinformation on whatsapp through the lens of a large data donation program #icwsm

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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jun 25

Organizing #ICWSM is not always easy, but working with such great, dedicated people makes it enjoyable. Thanks @juhi153.bsky.social, Eni, Mathieu, Florian (who's with his newborn), Meredith and others from @realaaai.bsky.social, and the whole community who helped put @icwsm.bsky.social together.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Jun 25

It’s been a lovely few days in Copenhagen with @icwsm.bsky.social - my first #ICWSM in-person!

Buildings in Copenhagen, reflecting over calm water at sunset

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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jun 25

A lively poster session at #ICWSM @icwsm.bsky.social

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