Study recruitment: Social media and polarizing conversations

Posted on August 19, 2021

Hi everyone! The University of Calgary is looking for participants for an interesting & important study about social media and polarizing conversations. If you like to debate with others over social media, or often get involved in online discussions about polarizing topics, then we want to hear from you.

I’m part of a team at the U of C and NTT Communication Science Labs, and we’re interested in how social media design can better facilitate conversations about polarizing topics between people with diverse perspectives. Participants must currently reside in Canada, be fluent in English, and be at least 18 years of age.

Interested? Fill out our Recruitment Questionnaire now (~5 min): https://survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_554YojHAL4VeMom

Selected participants will be entered into a draw for one of ten $50 gift cards. The UCalgary Research Ethics Board has approved this study (REB21-0847).

Encountered a whole forest of new ideas and ways of thinking during @dcwalk_‘s #MozFest session about social transformation and decentralized infrastructures. Thanks to my groupmates and everyone for sharing

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Seeking feedback and contributions for https://t.co/POuQDtWQMR

Interested in deleting, poisoning, transferring data for collective action? We'd love thoughts on this *very fresh* WIP "data leverage roundup", which aspires to provide a list of tools, movements, and more
— Nick Vincent (@nickmvincent) March 10, 2021

Really excited to discover @nickmvincent‘s great list of resources for taking control of your online data: https://github.com/nickmvincent/DataLeverageRoundup

I really appreciate @emmibevensee‘s report about white supremacist hate speech on the decentralized web: https://rebelliousdata.com/p2p/

Solid overview about how various p2p tech is used for hate speech and how various projects are attempting to mitigate this threat.

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No, COCOA seems to fail notifications to "All" Android users, 30% means share of COCOA for Android install counts to all (Android + iPhone) install counts.
— zipperpull (@zipperpull) February 4, 2021

Looks like you are correct! I read “30% of Android phone users” in Reuters’ coverage, but this must have been a mis-translation. Thank you!

@info_kvaluation provides a technical explanation of the bug where #COCOA failed to send notifications to 30% of Android users. A good explanation of the bug, and also a peek into how contact tracing apps work. In Japanese but Twitter’s translation is ok. https://twitter.com/info_kvaluation/status/1356957108873252864

Reposted Japan's COVID-19 app failed to pass on some contact warnings (U.S.)

Japan's COVID-19 tracking application for some smartphone users has had a malfunction since September and has failed to pass on some notifications of suspected contact with people infected with the virus, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

How my 2021 is starting: Spent all day writing about COVID-19 contact tracing and listening to @TheLongestJohns. I had no idea how badly the world needed the #SeaShanty boom of 2021, but I am all in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO5v2YKpJQc&list=OLAK5uy_lWd6y-DIhlLdKFDk0TJMpmTARWgGOXGCA&index=1

I was delighted to read this interview with my former boss Shauna de Cartier from @SixShooterR. It was a great privilege to work at Six Shooter (ten years ago! wow) and nice to learn some more about their early days: https://thecreationists.buzzsprout.com/791642/7181020-creating-six-shooter-records-with-shauna-de-cartier