Amy Zhang
@axz.bsky.social
Associate professor of social computing at UW CSE, leading @socialfutureslab.bsky.social
social.cs.washington.edu
social.cs.washington.edu
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it's been a long time coming, but i'm happy to share that my latest creative project is finally here...
@anisota.net is an experimental social client (and game!) for Bluesky and the AT Protocol
i built it for me because i'm kinda weird and needed an equally weird way to experience social media 🕯️
@anisota.net is an experimental social client (and game!) for Bluesky and the AT Protocol
i built it for me because i'm kinda weird and needed an equally weird way to experience social media 🕯️
August 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
it's been a long time coming, but i'm happy to share that my latest creative project is finally here...
@anisota.net is an experimental social client (and game!) for Bluesky and the AT Protocol
i built it for me because i'm kinda weird and needed an equally weird way to experience social media 🕯️
@anisota.net is an experimental social client (and game!) for Bluesky and the AT Protocol
i built it for me because i'm kinda weird and needed an equally weird way to experience social media 🕯️
Beautiful tree on my walk! (+ cute dog)
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Beautiful tree on my walk! (+ cute dog)
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Well this is sure to be a blockbuster AI article... @jennarussell.bsky.social et al are kicking ass and taking names in journalism, both individuals and organizations.
"AI use in American newspapers is widespread, uneven, and rarely disclosed"
arxiv.org/abs/2510.18774
"AI use in American newspapers is widespread, uneven, and rarely disclosed"
arxiv.org/abs/2510.18774
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Well this is sure to be a blockbuster AI article... @jennarussell.bsky.social et al are kicking ass and taking names in journalism, both individuals and organizations.
"AI use in American newspapers is widespread, uneven, and rarely disclosed"
arxiv.org/abs/2510.18774
"AI use in American newspapers is widespread, uneven, and rarely disclosed"
arxiv.org/abs/2510.18774
We are doing a second round of research interviews with people who build feeds (or build tools to build feeds), this time focusing on questions of sustainability.
- Is this a hobby for you, or something else?
- What sustains it in your eyes?
Please fill out the form below, and we'll reach out! 🙏🙏🙏
- Is this a hobby for you, or something else?
- What sustains it in your eyes?
Please fill out the form below, and we'll reach out! 🙏🙏🙏
📣 Do you create custom feeds on Bluesky?
We’re researchers at the @uofwa.bsky.social @socialfutureslab.bsky.social looking to understand feed creator experiences!
Interview Details: 1 hour, $20 gift card
Sign up: forms.gle/UMNgeoVbUx3e...
Info: social.cs.washington.edu/project-page...
We’re researchers at the @uofwa.bsky.social @socialfutureslab.bsky.social looking to understand feed creator experiences!
Interview Details: 1 hour, $20 gift card
Sign up: forms.gle/UMNgeoVbUx3e...
Info: social.cs.washington.edu/project-page...
October 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
We are doing a second round of research interviews with people who build feeds (or build tools to build feeds), this time focusing on questions of sustainability.
- Is this a hobby for you, or something else?
- What sustains it in your eyes?
Please fill out the form below, and we'll reach out! 🙏🙏🙏
- Is this a hobby for you, or something else?
- What sustains it in your eyes?
Please fill out the form below, and we'll reach out! 🙏🙏🙏
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Members of the iSchool community and friends connected at the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (#CSCW) conference in Bergen, Norway, earlier this week. Tusen takk - thank you very much - to everyone who paused for a group photo and catch-up session! 💜
October 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Members of the iSchool community and friends connected at the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (#CSCW) conference in Bergen, Norway, earlier this week. Tusen takk - thank you very much - to everyone who paused for a group photo and catch-up session! 💜
Congrats to @galenweld.bsky.social for winning yet another paper award for his great work on measuring perceptions of community moderation at Reddit scale! #cscw2025
October 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Congrats to @galenweld.bsky.social for winning yet another paper award for his great work on measuring perceptions of community moderation at Reddit scale! #cscw2025
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If you're at @acm-cscw.bsky.social #cscw
in Bergen, come check out our 🏆honorable mention paper today on Reddit community governance (w/
@axz.bsky.social @timalthoff.bsky.social ). 4pm in Dovregubben-2! More in thread... 🧵
in Bergen, come check out our 🏆honorable mention paper today on Reddit community governance (w/
@axz.bsky.social @timalthoff.bsky.social ). 4pm in Dovregubben-2! More in thread... 🧵
October 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If you're at @acm-cscw.bsky.social #cscw
in Bergen, come check out our 🏆honorable mention paper today on Reddit community governance (w/
@axz.bsky.social @timalthoff.bsky.social ). 4pm in Dovregubben-2! More in thread... 🧵
in Bergen, come check out our 🏆honorable mention paper today on Reddit community governance (w/
@axz.bsky.social @timalthoff.bsky.social ). 4pm in Dovregubben-2! More in thread... 🧵
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Just arrived in Bergen for CSCW, where I'll present Venire! Venire is a Reddit moderation tool that uses an ML model trained on mod decision histories to identify controversial cases. It preempts inconsistent decision-making by flagging these cases for multi-mod review
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
October 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just arrived in Bergen for CSCW, where I'll present Venire! Venire is a Reddit moderation tool that uses an ML model trained on mod decision histories to identify controversial cases. It preempts inconsistent decision-making by flagging these cases for multi-mod review
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Excited to share my first research paper on social virtual reality✨🎮 (for #cscw2025 )!
Social VR provides an immersive gaming experience that builds closer relationships. However, this same immersiveness also makes embodied harassment in social VR more traumatizing :(
Social VR provides an immersive gaming experience that builds closer relationships. However, this same immersiveness also makes embodied harassment in social VR more traumatizing :(
October 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Excited to share my first research paper on social virtual reality✨🎮 (for #cscw2025 )!
Social VR provides an immersive gaming experience that builds closer relationships. However, this same immersiveness also makes embodied harassment in social VR more traumatizing :(
Social VR provides an immersive gaming experience that builds closer relationships. However, this same immersiveness also makes embodied harassment in social VR more traumatizing :(
I picked a great day to go see some baseball yesterday! There's us in the stands! GOMS 🔱
October 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I picked a great day to go see some baseball yesterday! There's us in the stands! GOMS 🔱
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💡Submission deadline: October 20th, 2025
Beyond this year’s theme, we warmly invite all relevant research in HCI on how we design, adapt, and experience technologies within all environments!
👉 Submit here: easychair.org/my/conferenc...
📄CfP: alpchi.org/call-for-pap...
#AlpCHI2026 #HCI #CfP
Beyond this year’s theme, we warmly invite all relevant research in HCI on how we design, adapt, and experience technologies within all environments!
👉 Submit here: easychair.org/my/conferenc...
📄CfP: alpchi.org/call-for-pap...
#AlpCHI2026 #HCI #CfP
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
💡Submission deadline: October 20th, 2025
Beyond this year’s theme, we warmly invite all relevant research in HCI on how we design, adapt, and experience technologies within all environments!
👉 Submit here: easychair.org/my/conferenc...
📄CfP: alpchi.org/call-for-pap...
#AlpCHI2026 #HCI #CfP
Beyond this year’s theme, we warmly invite all relevant research in HCI on how we design, adapt, and experience technologies within all environments!
👉 Submit here: easychair.org/my/conferenc...
📄CfP: alpchi.org/call-for-pap...
#AlpCHI2026 #HCI #CfP
Yesterday, as part of the #CSCW2025 virtual session, Philip Baillargeon, a summer REU intern with us last year, presented his DEI Recognition award paper: Who Puts the "Social" in "Social Computing"?: Using A Neurodiversity Framing to Review Social Computing Research. dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Who Puts the
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW)
have a longstanding tradition of interrogating the values that underlie systems in
order to create novel and accessibl...
dl.acm.org
October 12, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Yesterday, as part of the #CSCW2025 virtual session, Philip Baillargeon, a summer REU intern with us last year, presented his DEI Recognition award paper: Who Puts the "Social" in "Social Computing"?: Using A Neurodiversity Framing to Review Social Computing Research. dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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for atproto devs and protocol watchers, I published an overview of the network moderation architecture.
it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented.
this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details
it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented.
this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details
AT Moderation Architecture | bryan newbold
The AT network is becoming more heterogeneous in practice, with independent PDS hosts, apps, and alternative bsky AppViews establishing themselves. This means that more complex inter-service moderatio...
whtwnd.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
for atproto devs and protocol watchers, I published an overview of the network moderation architecture.
it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented.
this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details
it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented.
this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details
This work will appear at #colm2025! Please go and check out the poster. I will not be there sadly but several coauthors from Ai2 will be there!
In collab w/ Semantic Scholar, we conducted a large scale (800+) survey of researcher usage and perceptions of LLMs for science.
Major findings:
+Most are using LLMs already, mostly for writing
+LLMs seem to be a win for research equity
+But some groups, like women, have more ethical concerns too
Major findings:
+Most are using LLMs already, mostly for writing
+LLMs seem to be a win for research equity
+But some groups, like women, have more ethical concerns too
Hi everyone, I am excited to share our large-scale survey study with 800+ researchers, which reveals researchers’ usage and perceptions of LLMs as research tools, and how the usage and perceptions differ based on demographics.
See results in comments!
🔗 Arxiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2411.05025
See results in comments!
🔗 Arxiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2411.05025
October 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This work will appear at #colm2025! Please go and check out the poster. I will not be there sadly but several coauthors from Ai2 will be there!
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I'm headed to #UIST2025 🇰🇷 to present our 🏆 Best Paper (!!!), "Graffiti: Enabling an Ecosystem of Personalized and Interoperable Social Applications"
@karger.bsky.social and David Clark
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
@karger.bsky.social and David Clark
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
Graffiti: Enabling an Ecosystem of Personalized and Interoperable Social Applications | Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
doi.org
September 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm headed to #UIST2025 🇰🇷 to present our 🏆 Best Paper (!!!), "Graffiti: Enabling an Ecosystem of Personalized and Interoperable Social Applications"
@karger.bsky.social and David Clark
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
@karger.bsky.social and David Clark
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
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🚀 We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming AI & Scientific Discovery online seminar! We have an amazing lineup of speakers.
This series will dive into how AI is accelerating research, enabling breakthroughs, and shaping the future of research across disciplines.
ai-scientific-discovery.github.io
This series will dive into how AI is accelerating research, enabling breakthroughs, and shaping the future of research across disciplines.
ai-scientific-discovery.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚀 We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming AI & Scientific Discovery online seminar! We have an amazing lineup of speakers.
This series will dive into how AI is accelerating research, enabling breakthroughs, and shaping the future of research across disciplines.
ai-scientific-discovery.github.io
This series will dive into how AI is accelerating research, enabling breakthroughs, and shaping the future of research across disciplines.
ai-scientific-discovery.github.io
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At @hcde.uw.edu, we will be hiring an Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor this coming year! Timing wise, we are hiring for a Sept. 2026 start date, but could be sooner.
We are looking forward to welcoming a new colleague!
Learn more and apply at apply.interfolio.com/171881
We are looking forward to welcoming a new colleague!
Learn more and apply at apply.interfolio.com/171881
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September 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
At @hcde.uw.edu, we will be hiring an Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor this coming year! Timing wise, we are hiring for a Sept. 2026 start date, but could be sooner.
We are looking forward to welcoming a new colleague!
Learn more and apply at apply.interfolio.com/171881
We are looking forward to welcoming a new colleague!
Learn more and apply at apply.interfolio.com/171881
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We are excited to announce CSCW's 2025's Lasting Impact Award winners. Congrats to Jill Dimond, Michaelanne Thomas, Daphne LaRose, and Amy Bruckman who will receive the award for their 2013 paper "Hollaback!: The Role of Collective Storytelling Online in a Social Movement Organization." #csccw2025
September 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We are excited to announce CSCW's 2025's Lasting Impact Award winners. Congrats to Jill Dimond, Michaelanne Thomas, Daphne LaRose, and Amy Bruckman who will receive the award for their 2013 paper "Hollaback!: The Role of Collective Storytelling Online in a Social Movement Organization." #csccw2025
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Crunching away on a paper for #CHI2026 about online communities, moderation, or sociolinguistics?
You may be want to check out recent work led by
@galenweld.bsky.social on predicting SOVC within subreddits based on the style and structure of conversations.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.08596
You may be want to check out recent work led by
@galenweld.bsky.social on predicting SOVC within subreddits based on the style and structure of conversations.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.08596
How Conversational Structure and Style Shape Online Community Experiences
Sense of Community (SOC) is vital to individual and collective well-being. Although social interactions have moved increasingly online, still little is known about the specific relationships between t...
arxiv.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Crunching away on a paper for #CHI2026 about online communities, moderation, or sociolinguistics?
You may be want to check out recent work led by
@galenweld.bsky.social on predicting SOVC within subreddits based on the style and structure of conversations.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.08596
You may be want to check out recent work led by
@galenweld.bsky.social on predicting SOVC within subreddits based on the style and structure of conversations.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.08596
"Perhaps over the longer term, we will need some hybrid of computer science and social science that is the equivalent of economics, political science and sociology."
Yes, I agree!
Yes, I agree!
@himself.bsky.social’s must-read on LLMs/AI as a social technologyand—my favorite part—how the Industrial Revolution has been a slow-moving singularity that shows the importance of the social sciences for grappling with today’s technologies (and we do with them)
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
Understanding AI as a social technology
Speed, shoggoths, social science
open.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
"Perhaps over the longer term, we will need some hybrid of computer science and social science that is the equivalent of economics, political science and sociology."
Yes, I agree!
Yes, I agree!
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📣 Yale workshop, Oct 16-17! 📣 How could/should content ranking work? What's new in content moderation? How can platforms promote civility? Hosted by Yale's Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS). Great speakers! Submit posters by 9/22! Spread the word! yalefds.swoogo.com/socialalgori...
New Directions in Social Algorithms Research on October 16-17, 2025 at Yale University
As social media algorithms increasingly mediate social experiences, there has been a rapid increase in research on the effects of how these algorithms are configured, alternatives to engagement-centri...
yalefds.swoogo.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📣 Yale workshop, Oct 16-17! 📣 How could/should content ranking work? What's new in content moderation? How can platforms promote civility? Hosted by Yale's Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS). Great speakers! Submit posters by 9/22! Spread the word! yalefds.swoogo.com/socialalgori...
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I am recruiting PhD students this year!
Our research group is holding an info session in a few weeks - details are at blog.communitydata.science/prospective-... , including a sign-up link.
Our research group is holding an info session in a few weeks - details are at blog.communitydata.science/prospective-... , including a sign-up link.
Prospective PhD Student Q&A – September 26th
Thinking about applying to graduate school? Wonder what it’s like to pursue a PhD or M.S.? Interested in understanding relationships between technology and society? Curious about how to do research…
blog.communitydata.science
September 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I am recruiting PhD students this year!
Our research group is holding an info session in a few weeks - details are at blog.communitydata.science/prospective-... , including a sign-up link.
Our research group is holding an info session in a few weeks - details are at blog.communitydata.science/prospective-... , including a sign-up link.
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Some nice coverage of our paper (and award) from ICWSM back in June. Big congrats to @lleibm.bsky.social on his successful first author paper, and big things to @timalthoff.bsky.social and @axz.bsky.social for their support as always!
Allen School researchers receive ICWSM Best Paper Award for analyzing how Reddit rules influence online community outcomes news.cs.washington.edu/2025/09/10/a...
Allen School researchers receive ICWSM Best Paper Award for analyzing how Reddit rules influence online community outcomes - Allen School News
Rules are vital for building a safe and healthy functioning online community, and Reddit is no exception. For community moderators, however, it can be difficult to make data-driven decisions on what r...
news.cs.washington.edu
September 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Some nice coverage of our paper (and award) from ICWSM back in June. Big congrats to @lleibm.bsky.social on his successful first author paper, and big things to @timalthoff.bsky.social and @axz.bsky.social for their support as always!
Some notes on what I found interesting about this study + reflections: - writers set boundaries on how they used AI to maintain their values; however, these changed over time as they saw how good models could be, or they'd pull back frm overuse. boundary erosion or renegotiation?
earlier this summer I published my first paper of my phd! ✨ a qualitative study on how creative writers are using AI in their writing and what their strategies were in order to align with their personal writing values
September 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Some notes on what I found interesting about this study + reflections: - writers set boundaries on how they used AI to maintain their values; however, these changed over time as they saw how good models could be, or they'd pull back frm overuse. boundary erosion or renegotiation?
Reposted by Amy Zhang
Just cited for a submission going in this week. Awesome work. I’m really fascinated about preservation of voice and values while using llms. This was a great glimpse into that.
earlier this summer I published my first paper of my phd! ✨ a qualitative study on how creative writers are using AI in their writing and what their strategies were in order to align with their personal writing values
September 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just cited for a submission going in this week. Awesome work. I’m really fascinated about preservation of voice and values while using llms. This was a great glimpse into that.