My work on using Meronymity to help mitigate social barriers in public social interaction is featured on the Home Page of MIT News! 🤩

Check out the article: news.mit.edu/2024/litweet...

Paper link: arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/pa...

In a field deployment, junior scholars felt more comfortable asking a wider range of experts using LiTweeture. They also asked questions they'd otherwise refrain from. #Meronyms provided helpful context and preserved #credibility and #accountability, while protecting #identities.

We built #LiTweeture, a system for academics to seek #paper #recommendations on Twitter & Mastodon using #meronymity. Users create context-specific #meronyms, add #endorsers, and message #experts and #helpers who can amplify their requests.

We designed a #meronymity model where users compose #meronyms with chosen #identity #signals. #Endorsers and helpers can vouch for and amplify users' messages. This enhances #credibility and reach while preserving some #anonymity.