Symposium on Comment Section Research & Design

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Join us for symposium on Prosocial Tech Design & Comment Section Research.

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Please join us for a symposium on Comment Section Research and Design.This daylong event will bring together a carefully selected group of 40 academics and industry researchers for a program including talks on emerging research, breakout workshops, and ample opportunities for unstructured connecting.Together, we’ll delve deeper into topics including fostering civic norms, bridging algorithms, and public deliberation in our digital public squares. We'll explore research on the use of prompts, coaches, nudges, tags, buttons, and AI mediators in comment sections. We’ll end the day with participant lead workshops advancing future work in the field.If you cannot make the in-person event, you can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@pluralityinst/live" title="https://www.youtube.com/@pluralityinst/live" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">watch our live stream here.</a> If you are watching the live stream, please do not RSVP for the event. RSVP is for in-person attendees only. This event is co-organized by Plurality Institute, The Council for Tech and Social Cohesion, and the Prosocial Design Network, and will be hosted at the Internet Archive in San Francisco CA. Agenda9:00-9:45am—Breakfast 9:45-10:05am—Welcome + Intros 10:15-10:35am—Framing talks 10:35-11:35am—Speaker Session One* 11:35-11:50am—Bio break 11:50-12:50pm—Speaker Session Two* 12:50-1:50pm—Lunch 1:50-2:20pm—Discussion 2:30-3:30pm—Speaker Session Three* 3:30-4:00pm—Coffee Break 4:00-5:00pm—Workshopping 5:00-5:30pm—Closing Circle 5:30-7:00pm—Reception*All speaker sessions include 3-5 speakers followed by a 15-minute facilitated Q/A.Speaker Session One: Fostering Healthy Interactions In this session, we look at past and ongoing research on how we can build environments and tools - using, for example, cues, nudges and AI assistants - to foster prosocial discourse. Confirmed Speakers: Talia Stroud, University of Texas at Austin Glenn Ellingson, Integrity Institute Matt Katsaros, The Justice Collaboratory Gordon Strause, Nextdoor Speaker Session Two: Fixing the Feed The feed - the content that users are exposed to first or at all - can influence how we engage and what we think. This session looks at algorithmically informed ways to improve the feed in order to optimize for healthy engagement. Confirmed Speakers: Ravi Iyer, Psychology of Technology Institute, USC Neely Center Leif Sigerson, Pinterest Matt Motyl, USC Neely Center Jay Baxter, Twitter Speaker Session Three: Tools for Communities There’s a move to center communities developing and selecting the design solutions that align with their goals and values. We'll hear from speakers who are working with community stewards and news organizations to glean what they’ve learned about stewards’ needs and tools to help them steer their communities towards healthy discourse. Confirmed Speakers: Angelica Quicksey, New_Public Rob Ennals, New_Public Emily Saltz, Jigsaw at Google Shubham Altreja, University of Michigan About Plurality InstitutePlurality Institute is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to fostering human cooperation and progress. We serve as a hub for academics, industry researchers, practitioners, and leaders from both civil and governmental sectors, all of whom are pushing boundaries to reimagine collaborative frameworks.Our mission is to support and nurture the emerging field of plurality. We facilitate this through hosting both in-person and online events, supporting partner initiatives, sharing pivotal news and research updates, and offering a centralized job and opportunity portal to enhance ecosystem accessibility.More at <a href="https://www.plurality.institute/about" title="https://www.plurality.institute/about" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Plurality.Institute</a> About The Council on Technology and Social CohesionThe Council on Tech and Social Cohesion is catalyzing the field of technology for social cohesion. A ‘catalyzed’ field will be one in which tech for social cohesion products, programs, and policies are desirable, affordable, and actionable.More at <a href="https://techandsocialcohesion.org/what-2/" title="https://techandsocialcohesion.org/what-2/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">techandsocialcohesion.org</a> About the Prosocial Design NetworkThe Prosocial Design Network curates and researches evidence-based design solutions to bring out the best in human nature online.More at <a href="https://www.prosocialdesign.org/" title="https://www.prosocialdesign.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.prosocialdesign.org</a>

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