Paper Info
Title
Statistical Modeling of Harassment against Reddit Moderators
Abstract
Despite the dedication that some volunteer moderators of online communities display when performing their moderation duties, they become targets of hate and harassment by other users. To understand what causes the change in moderator role from heroes to victims, we analyze the responses of 1,818 moderators on Reddit to an online survey about moderation practices and harassment. We built a statistical model and found 6 significant independent variables that affect harassment on moderators, such as the knowledge of community norms, which increases harassment on moderators the most. Our findings imply that vulnerable moderators in toxic communities need countermeasures against harassment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1145/3366424.3382729
WWW '20: The Web Conference 2020 Taipei Taiwan April, 2020
DocType
ISBN
Citations 
Conference
978-1-4503-7024-0
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
6
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hind Almerekhi1173.81
Haewoon Kwak24487267.95
Bernard J. Jansen34753394.06