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Felix A. Epp
@felix.science
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Design, HCI, Futures and Social Computing at the University of Helsinki and Aalto University
Current: role of values and ideologies in the design of technologies.
Active at the Research Professionals Union
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What a lovely #cscw2025 session of authors, papers and audience we had on "bipartisan discourse online". 😍

With Pooja Casula, @richmondywong.bsky.social, Sarchin Pendse and Marina Kogan, @jhaapj.bsky.social and more...

Check out the papers: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/my...
A room lit up orange, with Speaker on the left with big presentation slide saying Right prefers Popularity based visibility on the right.
October 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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But we also found key affordances which don't map to the economic left and right spectrum. For example, left-leaning groups had different attitudes towards user intervention, and groups across the spectrum decided against a personalised newsfeed, instead opting for a classic web forum architecture.
A table listing participant group's stance on four key social media affordances. The participant groups are Group 1 Right-leaning (RL), Group 2 Left-leaning (LL), Group 3 Left-leaning (LL) and Group 4 Mixed (M). For row Popularity-based Visibility: Group 1 RL: Encourage, Group 2 LL: Refuse, Group 3 LL: Discourage, Group 4 M: N.A.. For row Flexible Profile Work: Group 1 RL: Discourage, Group 2 LL: Allow, Group 3 LL: Encourage, Group 4 M: Allow. For row User Intervention: Group 1 RL: Allow, Group 2 LL: N.A., Group 3 LL: Encourage, Group 4 M: Encourage. For row Open Network Interactions: Group 1 RL: Refuse, Group 2 LL: Refuse, Group 3 LL: Encourage, Group 4 M: Refuse.
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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We let politicians across the Finnish political spectrum sketch out a social media platform and examine the values their proposals embody.

Our findings suggest that,
📈 the political right prefers visibility based on popularity,
👨🏻‍🎤 while the left supports more flexible self-presentation.
An image split into left and right parts, with screenshots and titles below. On the left, a sketch showing descriptions of a social media profile, including "verified account", "parody account", and a list of political interests above the title "Left prefers flexible profile work". On the right, a sketch of a list of posts with stars in front and the annotation "timely topic, you can still impact" and the title below: "Right prefers popularity-based visibility".
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM