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Kristen
@kristenengel.bsky.social
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Social computing PhD candidate @ UW. I study user engagement with interventions, prosocial behavior, and antisocial content across online platforms.
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Kristen @kristenengel.bsky.social · Nov 17
Hello! I am a social computing PhD candidate @ UW. My current work examines pro-social interventions supporting users exiting extreme beliefs. If you are interested in characterizing & countering threats that compromise the safety & health of the info ecosystem & online communities, let’s connect!
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dashsaloni.bsky.social
Excited to announce that my paper "The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale" with my wonderful collaborators @yiweixu.bsky.social, @maddyjalbert.bsky.social, and @emmaspiro.bsky.social has been published at PNAS Nexus!

Link: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale
Abstract. In this article, we study how AI-paraphrased messages have the potential to amplify the persuasive impact and scale of information campaigns. Bui
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July 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Excellent talk by Hayoung in the Political Information and Opinion Dynamics panel at #ICWSM
hayoungjung.bsky.social Hayoung Jung @hayoungjung.bsky.social · Jan 16
How does YouTube’s search algorithm handle COVID🦠 misinfo in the United States🇺🇸(US) and South Africa🇿🇦(SA)?

In our #icwsm '25 paper w/ @prerna6.bsky.social @tanumitra.bsky.social, we found bots in SA received significantly more misinfo in top-10 search results, which accounts for 95% of user traffic
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June 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Hello from Copenhagen! Yesterday, I presented our visual rumoring workshop paper, and today I'll be presenting the following work in the #ICWSM Online Polarization session.
Excited to meet everyone and hear about your work this week!
Screenshot of an ICWSM paper title and Header Social Dynamics and Mobilization Potential of Online Election Narratives authored by Kristen Engel, Tanushree Mitra, and Emma S. Spiro of the University of Washington
June 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Experimenting with mixing some new glazes at the pottery studio.

This week’s non-research output:
Two pieces of pottery. On the left, a bowl with a milky blue glaze inside and a deeper teal outside. On the right, a berry carton made of speckled buff clay with a minty-white glaze all over.
February 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Boosting this now that @shrutiphadke.bsky.social is on bluesky! Shruti is a computational social scientist with award winning research measuring and mitigating issues in online communities of problematic information, such as hate speech and conspiracy theories. She also worked at TikTok Research.
November 18, 2024 at 7:22 PM
kristenengel.bsky.social
Hello! I am a social computing PhD candidate @ UW. My current work examines pro-social interventions supporting users exiting extreme beliefs. If you are interested in characterizing & countering threats that compromise the safety & health of the info ecosystem & online communities, let’s connect!
November 17, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social
I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students for Fall 2025 at Princeton to work on Comp Social Science/Societal Impact of GenAI/GenAI for SocSci

I wrote a bit on research flavor & interests here: manoelhortaribeiro.github.io/advising

Deadline: December 15th www.cs.princeton.edu/grad#prospec...

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November 14, 2024 at 4:35 PM
kristenengel.bsky.social
Emily was an incredible mentor and a teammate on my first paper, building my confidence and skills while empowering me to apply them. Since leaving Cornell, I continue to learn from her through our work with the Clinic to End Tech Abuse and her critical tech-enabled harm research. Join her lab!
emtseng.bsky.social Emily Tseng @emtseng.bsky.social · Nov 11
I’m at #CSCW2024, which feels like the right place to use Bluesky for the first time! I’m recruiting PhD students to UW HCDE who want to think about digital safety from a sociotechnical lens.
November 12, 2024 at 4:21 AM
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mariannealq.bsky.social
as is now tradition @sachnishal.bsky.social and I are organizing a small meetup for researchers & practitioners working on HCI, news & democracy at #CSCW2024!
join us for an informal lunch on 12 November (Tue) in-person at CSCW. rsvp:
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HCI, News & Democracy Lunch @ CSCW 2024!
Hello! Following up from our WILDLY successful events at CSCW 2023 and CHI 2024, we're back to bring together researchers and designers working at the intersection of Social Computing, HCI, News & De...
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November 10, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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Join us at CHI2024!
hheuer.bsky.social Hendrik Heuer @hheuer.bsky.social · Jan 6
Join our #CHI2024 workshop "#GenerativeAI in User-Generated Content" to discuss how #LLM & #AI will impact #socialMedia.

Deadline: March 11
Workshop: May 12

To participate, submit an abstract/position paper

Website: genai-in-ugc.github.io

Paper: genai-in-ugc.github.io/chi24j-sub93...
Screenshot of the link with an abstract that reads: Generative AI (Gen-AI) is rapidly changing the landscape of User-Generated Content (UGC) on social media. AI tools for generating text, images, and videos, such as Large-Language Models (LLM), image generation AI, AI-powered video material tools, and deep fake technologies, are accelerating creators in obtaining content ideas, drafting outlines, and streamlining creative workflows. The capabilities of Gen-AI could introduce new opportunities to lower the bar and accelerate the pace of content creation for grassroots creators, thereby expanding the volume of AI-generated UGC on social media. However, we lack the necessary understanding of how the wide deployment of such technologies will impact the social media ecosystem. The introduction of Gen-AI can lead to both opportunities and potential challenges among different creator communities, requiring collaboration from both academia and industry. This workshop seeks to bring together Screenshot of the key questions that we want to discuss: Content * What types of user-generated content can make use of generative AI and how? * How can methods be used to study AI-generated content? How can HCI methods such as user studies, content analysis, auditing, etc., be applied in studying Gen-AI content? * How can generative AI be misused, especially regarding critical issues such as misinformation, plagiarism, online radicalization, and others? Creator * How will AI-generated content impact content creators? * How does AI-generated content influence creative process? * How does content creators collaborate with Gen-AI? * How will AI-generated content affect the ability of traditional creators to monetize effectively? Consumer * How does the increasing amount of AI-generated content impact consumers? * What values can AI-generated content bring to social media users? * How does AI influence people’s trust in the content credibility? Community * How can generative AI impact d
January 8, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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Me… scrolling my bluesky feed
A very blissed out dog smiling and squinting
May 4, 2023 at 7:39 PM