Amy Bruckman
asbruckman.bsky.social
Amy Bruckman
@asbruckman.bsky.social

I study online communities, content moderation, and social movements.

Amy Susan Bruckman is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology affiliated with the School of Interactive Computing and the GVU Center. She is best known for her pioneering research in the fields of online communities and the learning sciences. In 1999, she was selected as one of MIT Technology Review's TR100 awardees, honoring 100 remarkable innovators under the age of 35. .. more

Computer science 34%
Communication & Media Studies 26%

Is your work software neurotic (overthinking, overly cautious)?Jonathan Grudin explained why in 1988. asbruckman.medium.com/45e025999058s
Why Your Work Software is Exhausting to Use
Has the software you need to use to get administrative things done at work gotten more time-consuming to use? Do you feel like the software…
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This goes so hard OMG
Amy Bruckman (@asbruckman.bsky.social) is sharing updates on CSCW's shift to rolling deadlines. You can read more about the process and apply to be on the editorial board here: Read more details about rolling and apply to be on the editorial board: medium.com/acm-cscw/csc...

#cscw2025
CSCW Rolling Submissions
CSCW is experimenting with a new format: rolling submissions. You will be able to submit work to CSCW whenever it is ready (no deadlines)…
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I’m in a session at the CSCW conference featuring 6 papers focused on online misinformation. It’s one of at least 3 sessions this conference focusing on misinfo or similar. The room is completely packed. I’m concerned about how few papers and sessions we will see in 3-5 years due to funding cuts.
#NOKINGS

New York City, NY

Thoughtful podcast on the future of the Middle East: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
David Remnick: How The Two State Solution Ended in Disaster
Podcast Episode · On the Media · 10/15/2025 · 39m
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“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”

-Declaration of Independence
Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."
This only happens to you once

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Hidden fees and deceptive sales practices are about to get worse with the introduction of "AI Agents":
asbruckman.medium.com/the-cost-of-...
The Cost of a Taco: Accelerating Dark Patterns for Consumers and the Threat of AI Agents
There are four pretty good taco shops near my office. Yesterday for lunch I had one fish taco and one grilled chicken. Here’s my receipt:
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Great post by @popehatnamechanges.bsky.social on problems with "free speech culture":
It "picks a speaker, treats that person’s speech as the speech that should concern us, and then applies a set of cultural norms and questions only to the responses to that speech."

www.popehat.com/p/how-free-s...
How "Free Speech Culture" Is Killing Free Speech: Part One
Blurring The Lines Between Official Censorship And Individual Criticism Built The Intellectual Foundation For Trump's Assault On Free Expression
www.popehat.com

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I’m worried it can still get stupider

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You can read their paper here: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

There will be a Lasting Impact session at #cscw2025 on Tuesday, October 21 at 11am. This session will be available to in-person and virtual attendees.

@asbruckman.bsky.social @michaelannephd.bsky.social
Hollaback! | Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
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CSCW is experimenting with a rolling format!

We still need an Editor-in-Chief for the "Mixed Methods" Track, preferably a full professor or research manager in industry from the Global South. Let @eegilbert.org and I know if you know someone good. #CSCW #CSCW-Rolling

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CSCW Rolling Submissions
CSCW is experimenting with a new format: rolling submissions. You will be able to submit work to CSCW whenever it is ready (no deadlines)…
medium.com
America's lowest wage workers were experiencing the fastest wage growth from 2015-2022.

Now they are experiencing the slowest wage growth and the most abrupt deceleration.
When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Nice Planet Money podcast about what happened when other nations (Argentina, Greece) falsified economic data podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Planet Money
Business Podcast · Updated Daily · Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the r...
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"But what universities are learning, that authoritarian scholars already know and have been saying, is that complying with illegitimate attacks does not make them stop—it makes them continue"

Super useful timeline of the attacks on GMU

Are you using AI at work? What’s working and what’s not? New subreddit: reddit.com/r/AIActual
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What impact is AI having on jobs in the tech industry? I've been collecting stories from tech workers—from engineers at giants like Google to content mods at TikTok to coders at small startups—to find out.

Here, in their words, is how AI is transforming, degrading, and yes, replacing their jobs.
How AI is killing jobs in the tech industry
Tech workers at TikTok, Google, and across the industry share stories about how AI is changing, ruining, or replacing their jobs.
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Loving the new book @older.bsky.social !

Question: am I losing my mind, or do you invent words? Some of them are kinda fun. Ever seen anyone adopt one for use?

AI is encouraging students to be more ignorant and dishonest. asbruckman.medium.com/ai-and-the-e...
AI and the Erosion of Student Knowledge and Integrity
AI is encouraging students to be more ignorant and more dishonest.
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Outlook’s AI message summaries read like a cartoon by @nathanwpyle.bsky.social (“Gratitude was expressed; thoughts and reaction were considered”)
Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.