Deciding to Delete Posts on Reddit: What Factors Influence Content Removal
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2024-01-03
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This study uses the sociological theories of deviance and social control to explore factors that contribute to post deletion and/or removal on Reddit’s most active subreddits. Using a random sample of over 1 million Reddit submissions, we show that the presence of language attacking others’ identities is somewhat strikingly associated with both user-initiated content deletion and moderator-initiated content deletion on Reddit. Findings offer insight into what it means to patrol the boundaries of acceptable communication online and what factors may contribute to the decision-making that precedes post deletion on social media platforms.
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Decision Making in Online Social Networks, content deletion, identity threats, reddit, toxicity
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10 pages
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Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
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