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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · 24d

Interested in doing graduate research with me and the rest of @communitydata.science? My research group (now with faculty at six campuses!) is organizing a PhD and MS recruiting event and Q&A. Join us! Details and a registration link is here: blog.communitydata.science/prospective-...

Prospective PhD Student Q&A – September 26th

Thinking about applying to graduate school? Wonder what it’s like to pursue a PhD or M.S.? Interested in understanding relationships between technology and society? Curious about how to do research…

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Gabriella "Biella" Coleman @biella.bsky.social · Aug 13

For the cover of my next book? Thanks @mako.cc‬ , who found this while biking, as in like pedaling-biking!, through a big chunk of Africa (pic taken en route into Nairobi from Ngong)

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Jun 15

I'm going to presenting about this work at #IASC in Amherst this weekend as part of the knowledge commons track! I'd love to connect and talk! #IASC2025

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Jun 15

Thanks to everybody at @communitydata.science for inspiring and helping carry out all the work. Also thanks to Nancy Joseph and the UW College of Arts & Science for writing such a clear description of my research!

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Jun 15

UW published this really nice article about my work on governance challenges and lifecycles faced by peer-produced online communities—the work supported by my NSF CAREER grant. Check it out if you want to know what I've been thinking about and working on!

The Challenge of Peer-Produced Websites | UW College of Arts & Sciences

Communication professor Benjamin Mako Hill studies why successful peer-produced websites (like Wikipedia) eventually struggle to maintain their openness to new contributors.

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communitydata.science @communitydata.science · Jun 13

If you're in Denver for the International Communication Association's annual meeting, see work by and connect with CDSC people. @yibin.bsky.social, @callofdyuti.bsky.social, @mako.cc, Haomin Lin, and Jeremy Foote are all around! #ICA25 blog.communitydata.science/come-check-o...

Come check out the CDSC at ICA 75!

A number of our CDSC folks will be attending the 75th Annual International Communication Association Conference “Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research” in Denver, Colorado…

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Zarine Kharazian @zarine.net · Jun 5

a new short research brief with @mako.cc and @aaronshaw.bsky.social synthesizes some of the work I presented at @communitydata.science Science of Community Dialogues back in April! zenodo.org/records/1560...

Online Community Resilience: Governing Public Information Goods Under Attack

Online communities steward a complex set of public information goods. These goods face a range of urgent threats: strategic information pollution and governance capture; legitimacy attacks by external...

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Apr 3

If you can't attend, there's also information on how to sign up for information about future events in the series and/or get information about recordings and other material after the event.

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Apr 3

Last chance to register for this public event on online governance that my research group (@communitydata.science) is organizing tomorrow as part of our Science of Community Dialogues series.

communitydata.science @communitydata.science · Mar 19

We're hosting another Community Dialogue discussing the Role of Community Governance with @zarine.net and @paulgowder.bsky.social on April 4th @ 12pm CT!
You can learn more and register here: blog.communitydata.science/community-di...

Community Dialogue on The Role of Community Governance

Join the Community Data Science Collective (CDSC) for our 11th Science of Community Dialogue! This Community Dialogue will take place on April 4th at 12:00 pm CT. This Dialogue focuses on resisting…

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Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social · Mar 4

The New Yorker says Wikipedia is a beacon of hope, with quotes from me and @mako.cc www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Elon Musk Also Has a Problem with Wikipedia

Lately, Musk’s beef has merged with a general conviction on the right that the site is biased against conservatives.

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Dec 22

No. I took this picture a year or so ago, I think. I'll let you know next time I'm in town!

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Dec 21

I am bagel in the sense that having eaten bagel I am constituted, in small part, by the knowledge of bagel. But I am not bagellike.

Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Dec 21

My current playlist is this diorama of Lulu the Piggy channeling Tupac Shakur in a toy vending machine in the basement of New World Mall in Flushing Chinatown.

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Dec 20

"It's SHE's BAGEL." 😂

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Dec 19

While in Tokyo, nutritional epidemiologist @mikazilla.bsky.social realizes that "if I am what I eat..." The situation in Seoul is similar, albeit less fried and more confident.

Picture of Mika looking concerned next a sign that says, "I'm donut ?"

Brown paper bag with the phrase "I am bagel" written on it. Under in smaller text it says "Your Daily Meal | Since 2012"

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Nov 17

Another one for your collection @enfascination.bsky.social.

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Zarine Kharazian @zarine.net · Nov 9

i guess "governance capture" may be kind of relevant these days... i'll be at CSCW this week presenting our paper with @mako.cc and @katestarbird.bsky.social exploring why some self-governing online communities are more vulnerable to capture than others: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Governance Capture in a Self-Governing Community: A Qualitative Comparison of the Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Serbo-Croatian Wikipedias | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

What types of governance arrangements make some self-governed online groups more vulnerable to disinformation campaigns? We present a qualitative comparative analysis of the Croatian and Serbian Wikip...

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Sep 24

My research group @communitydata.science will host a public/free workshop on research into online community governance as part of our Science of Community Dialogue Series: https://wiki.communitydata.science/Dialogues/Complexities_of_Community_Governance (register at the link!).

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Sep 17

I realize that because I have several chairs, the phrase "my chair" is ambiguous. To reduce confusion, I will refer to the head of my academic department as "my office chair" going forward.

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Aug 10

"If you'd like to be even more confused, click here!" (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope)

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Sep 27

Abbott should have a deferred payment plan for its COVID tests and call it BinaxNOW™ PaynaxLATER™.

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Sep 6

Wrapped up an awesome first day at Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy where I'm honored to be part of an awesome class of fellows for 23-24 (w/ @alicetiara.bsky.social as you can see).

Excited to be back on the east coast and to (re)connecting w/ many of you! #sabbatical

Two people in front of a large banner that says FIRST DAY in large orange and black letters.

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Sep 3

I think I control the DNS. @els.bsky.social: HMU if you want to set that up.

Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Sep 3

Turns out out that my house is on here (@els.bsky.social ), already followed by 66 people, and has posted pictures from events I was present for!

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Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc · Sep 3

Intentionally not mentioning @mikazilla.bsky.social?

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