travis lloyd (træve)
@travislloydphd.bsky.social
public interest technologist // luddite hacker.
information science phd at cornell tech.
inequality, ai, and the information ecosystem.
🤠 traeve.com 🤠
information science phd at cornell tech.
inequality, ai, and the information ecosystem.
🤠 traeve.com 🤠
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The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
Reposted by travis lloyd (træve)
Excited to share a new working paper!
What happened when Change.org integrated an AI writing tool into their platform? We provide causal evidence that petition text changed significantly while outcomes did not improve. 1/
arxiv.org/abs/2511.13949
What happened when Change.org integrated an AI writing tool into their platform? We provide causal evidence that petition text changed significantly while outcomes did not improve. 1/
arxiv.org/abs/2511.13949
Introducing AI to an Online Petition Platform Changed Outputs but not Outcomes
The rapid integration of AI writing tools into online platforms raises critical questions about their impact on content production and outcomes. We leverage a unique natural experiment on Change$.$org...
arxiv.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Excited to share a new working paper!
What happened when Change.org integrated an AI writing tool into their platform? We provide causal evidence that petition text changed significantly while outcomes did not improve. 1/
arxiv.org/abs/2511.13949
What happened when Change.org integrated an AI writing tool into their platform? We provide causal evidence that petition text changed significantly while outcomes did not improve. 1/
arxiv.org/abs/2511.13949
Check out the article! And for a deeper dive, the paper(s) I've written with @informor.bsky.social on the topic:
- Interview study w/ Reddit mods: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
- Platform-wide analysis of subreddit rules about AI: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
- Interview study w/ Reddit mods: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
- Platform-wide analysis of subreddit rules about AI: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
'There Has To Be a Lot That We're Missing': Moderating AI-Generated Content on Reddit | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Generative AI is altering how we work, learn, communicate, and participate in online
communities. How might online communities be changed by generative AI? To start addressing
this question, we focuse...
dl.acm.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Check out the article! And for a deeper dive, the paper(s) I've written with @informor.bsky.social on the topic:
- Interview study w/ Reddit mods: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
- Platform-wide analysis of subreddit rules about AI: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
- Interview study w/ Reddit mods: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
- Platform-wide analysis of subreddit rules about AI: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
I spoke with @kattenbarge.bsky.social for this @wired.com piece about my research into reddit moderators' experiences moderating AI-generated content. Moderators are working hard to keep Reddit "one of the most human spaces left on the internet," but it's a trying and often thankless task.
Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits. www.wired.com/story/ai-slo...
AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone
Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.
www.wired.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I spoke with @kattenbarge.bsky.social for this @wired.com piece about my research into reddit moderators' experiences moderating AI-generated content. Moderators are working hard to keep Reddit "one of the most human spaces left on the internet," but it's a trying and often thankless task.
🇳🇴 I'm in Bergen for #CSCW25 🇳🇴
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
'There Has To Be a Lot That We're Missing': Moderating AI-Generated Content on Reddit | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Generative AI is altering how we work, learn, communicate, and participate in online communities. How might online communities be changed by generative AI? To start addressing this question, we focused on online community moderators' experiences with AI-...
dl.acm.org
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🇳🇴 I'm in Bergen for #CSCW25 🇳🇴
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
We hope this framework will guide an HCI research agenda on this impactful new class of social media system. Check out the full paper here: www.arxiv.org/abs/2509.15434
@informor.bsky.social @karenlevy.bsky.social @tungdnguyen.bsky.social
@informor.bsky.social @karenlevy.bsky.social @tungdnguyen.bsky.social
Beyond Community Notes: A Framework for Understanding and Building Crowdsourced Context Systems
Social media platforms are increasingly developing features that display crowdsourced context alongside posts, modeled after X's Community Notes. These systems, which we term Crowdsourced Context Syst...
www.arxiv.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We hope this framework will guide an HCI research agenda on this impactful new class of social media system. Check out the full paper here: www.arxiv.org/abs/2509.15434
@informor.bsky.social @karenlevy.bsky.social @tungdnguyen.bsky.social
@informor.bsky.social @karenlevy.bsky.social @tungdnguyen.bsky.social
We develop a framework composed of three parts:
1. A theoretical model to conceptualize and define CCS.
2. A design space encompassing six key aspects of CCS.
3. Key normative implications of different CCS design and implementation choices.
1. A theoretical model to conceptualize and define CCS.
2. A design space encompassing six key aspects of CCS.
3. Key normative implications of different CCS design and implementation choices.
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We develop a framework composed of three parts:
1. A theoretical model to conceptualize and define CCS.
2. A design space encompassing six key aspects of CCS.
3. Key normative implications of different CCS design and implementation choices.
1. A theoretical model to conceptualize and define CCS.
2. A design space encompassing six key aspects of CCS.
3. Key normative implications of different CCS design and implementation choices.
New preprint! Crowdsourced Context Systems (CCS) like X's and Meta's Community Notes are popping up on various social media platforms. How can we better understand, critique, and design such systems?
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New preprint! Crowdsourced Context Systems (CCS) like X's and Meta's Community Notes are popping up on various social media platforms. How can we better understand, critique, and design such systems?
2. "There Has To Be a Lot That We're Missing": Moderating AI-Generated Content on Reddit (CSCW25): an interview study with subreddit moderators about their experiences moderating AI-generated content
arxiv.org/abs/2311.12702
arxiv.org/abs/2311.12702
"There Has To Be a Lot That We're Missing": Moderating AI-Generated Content on Reddit
Generative AI is altering how we work, learn, communicate, and participate in online communities. How might online communities be changed by generative AI? To start addressing this question, we focuse...
arxiv.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
2. "There Has To Be a Lot That We're Missing": Moderating AI-Generated Content on Reddit (CSCW25): an interview study with subreddit moderators about their experiences moderating AI-generated content
arxiv.org/abs/2311.12702
arxiv.org/abs/2311.12702
I'll be discussing two recent Reddit studies:
1. AI Rules? Characterizing Reddit Community Policies Towards AI-Generated Content (CHI24): a large-scale data collection and analysis of subreddit community rules governing the use of AI (check out the dataset!):
dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
1. AI Rules? Characterizing Reddit Community Policies Towards AI-Generated Content (CHI24): a large-scale data collection and analysis of subreddit community rules governing the use of AI (check out the dataset!):
dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
AI Rules? Characterizing Reddit Community Policies Towards AI-Generated Content | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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dl.acm.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'll be discussing two recent Reddit studies:
1. AI Rules? Characterizing Reddit Community Policies Towards AI-Generated Content (CHI24): a large-scale data collection and analysis of subreddit community rules governing the use of AI (check out the dataset!):
dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
1. AI Rules? Characterizing Reddit Community Policies Towards AI-Generated Content (CHI24): a large-scale data collection and analysis of subreddit community rules governing the use of AI (check out the dataset!):
dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
I'm at Seattle 4S! I'll be part of the "Risks of 'Social Model Collapse' in the Face of Scientific and Technological Advances" panel Friday morning, discussing online community governance of AI-generated content. Would love to meet others studying AI's impact on the info ecosystem!
#STS #4S
#STS #4S
September 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It was a pleasure to present our (@jennahgosciak.bsky.social @tungdnguyen.bsky.social @informor.bsky.social) large-scale study of Reddit community's AI rules in the AI Ethics and Concerns session at #CHI25! The paper is now available open access in the ACM library: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/....
April 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It was a pleasure to present our (@jennahgosciak.bsky.social @tungdnguyen.bsky.social @informor.bsky.social) large-scale study of Reddit community's AI rules in the AI Ethics and Concerns session at #CHI25! The paper is now available open access in the ACM library: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/....
An important topic of discussion in today's workshop on Sociotechnical AI Governance!
chi-staig.github.io
chi-staig.github.io
April 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
An important topic of discussion in today's workshop on Sociotechnical AI Governance!
chi-staig.github.io
chi-staig.github.io
One line of the recent CMV moderator statement stuck out to me: "Our sub is a decidedly human space that rejects undisclosed AI as a core value." It's important to support community autonomy towards AI. I'm at #CHI25 presenting work on this topic and would love to talk to others doing similar work.
April 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
One line of the recent CMV moderator statement stuck out to me: "Our sub is a decidedly human space that rejects undisclosed AI as a core value." It's important to support community autonomy towards AI. I'm at #CHI25 presenting work on this topic and would love to talk to others doing similar work.
I also want to point to my recent paper (forthcoming at CSCW25) about moderating AI-generated content on Reddit. I spoke to CMV mods about their experiences with, and stances towards AI, in their communities. It's not a surprise that this use of AI is unwelcome!
arxiv.org/abs/2311.12702
arxiv.org/abs/2311.12702
"There Has To Be a Lot That We're Missing": Moderating AI-Generated Content on Reddit
Generative AI has begun to alter how we work, learn, communicate, and participate in online communities. How might our online communities be changed by generative AI? To start addressing this question...
arxiv.org
April 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I also want to point to my recent paper (forthcoming at CSCW25) about moderating AI-generated content on Reddit. I spoke to CMV mods about their experiences with, and stances towards AI, in their communities. It's not a surprise that this use of AI is unwelcome!
arxiv.org/abs/2311.12702
arxiv.org/abs/2311.12702
Thankful for @sarahagilbert.bsky.social's thoughtful words on the ethics issues here: a must read for all researching online communities.
The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
From the changemyview community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the changemyview community
tinyurl.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Thankful for @sarahagilbert.bsky.social's thoughtful words on the ethics issues here: a must read for all researching online communities.
We look forward to presenting this work next month at CHI25 in Yokohama! Please spread the word about the dataset and let us know what cool things you use it for! fin/
March 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We look forward to presenting this work next month at CHI25 in Yokohama! Please spread the word about the dataset and let us know what cool things you use it for! fin/
We've published our data to support future research. While our study focuses on *AI* governance, this dataset of online community rules and metadata (the largest of its kind!) can be used to answer a variety of other questions about online community self-governance: github.com/sTechLab/AIR... 4/
GitHub - sTechLab/AIRules: Dataset accompanying AI Rules? Characterizing Reddit Community Policies Towards AI-Generated Content
Dataset accompanying AI Rules? Characterizing Reddit Community Policies Towards AI-Generated Content - sTechLab/AIRules
github.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We've published our data to support future research. While our study focuses on *AI* governance, this dataset of online community rules and metadata (the largest of its kind!) can be used to answer a variety of other questions about online community self-governance: github.com/sTechLab/AIR... 4/
See our paper for further details and implications for both platform designers and communities: arxiv.org/abs/2410.11698 3/
AI Rules? Characterizing Reddit Community Policies Towards AI-Generated Content
How are Reddit communities responding to AI-generated content? We explored this question through a large-scale analysis of subreddit community rules and their change over time. We collected the metada...
arxiv.org
March 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
See our paper for further details and implications for both platform designers and communities: arxiv.org/abs/2410.11698 3/
We find that a significant number of communities have enacted rules about AIGC, and this number is growing over time. These rules often focus on AI images and are most common in larger and Art-focused subreddits. Rules often evoke, as justification, concerns about quality and authenticity. 2/
March 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We find that a significant number of communities have enacted rules about AIGC, and this number is growing over time. These rules often focus on AI images and are most common in larger and Art-focused subreddits. Rules often evoke, as justification, concerns about quality and authenticity. 2/
*NEW DATASET AND PAPER* (CHI2025): How are online communities responding to AI-generated content (AIGC)? We study this by collecting and analyzing the public rules of 300,000+ subreddits in 2023 and 2024. 1/
March 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
*NEW DATASET AND PAPER* (CHI2025): How are online communities responding to AI-generated content (AIGC)? We study this by collecting and analyzing the public rules of 300,000+ subreddits in 2023 and 2024. 1/
October 22, 2024 at 1:24 PM
We offer a novel taxonomy of AI rule types and plan to make our datasets public after peer-review. Check out the preprint (w/ co-authors @Mor, Jennah and Tung) for more details about our findings and their implications: arxiv.org/abs/2410.11698 /fin
AI Rules? Characterizing Reddit Community Policies Towards AI-Generated Content
How are Reddit communities responding to AI-generated content? We explored this question through a large-scale analysis of subreddit community rules and their change over time. We collected the metada...
arxiv.org
October 22, 2024 at 1:23 PM
We offer a novel taxonomy of AI rule types and plan to make our datasets public after peer-review. Check out the preprint (w/ co-authors @Mor, Jennah and Tung) for more details about our findings and their implications: arxiv.org/abs/2410.11698 /fin