Rafael Jiménez Durán
@rafaeljjd.bsky.social
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📢 #CallForPapers - 4th CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society
In-person at EIEF in Rome on 25-26 June.
Deadline: 31 January 2026
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@rafaeljjd.bsky.social @alexeymakarin.bsky.social @andreaprat.bsky.social @fsobbrio.bsky.social
#EconSky
In-person at EIEF in Rome on 25-26 June.
Deadline: 31 January 2026
cepr.org/events/4th-c...
@rafaeljjd.bsky.social @alexeymakarin.bsky.social @andreaprat.bsky.social @fsobbrio.bsky.social
#EconSky
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
📢 #CallForPapers - 4th CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society
In-person at EIEF in Rome on 25-26 June.
Deadline: 31 January 2026
cepr.org/events/4th-c...
@rafaeljjd.bsky.social @alexeymakarin.bsky.social @andreaprat.bsky.social @fsobbrio.bsky.social
#EconSky
In-person at EIEF in Rome on 25-26 June.
Deadline: 31 January 2026
cepr.org/events/4th-c...
@rafaeljjd.bsky.social @alexeymakarin.bsky.social @andreaprat.bsky.social @fsobbrio.bsky.social
#EconSky
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Guy Aridor, @rafaeljjd.bsky.social, Ro'ee Levy, & Lena Song suggest practical ways that academic researchers can run experiments that use #socialmedia platforms, how to harness platform features, and limitations to consider when conducting such experiments.
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#EconSky
June 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Guy Aridor, @rafaeljjd.bsky.social, Ro'ee Levy, & Lena Song suggest practical ways that academic researchers can run experiments that use #socialmedia platforms, how to harness platform features, and limitations to consider when conducting such experiments.
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#EconSky
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#EconSky
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🧵 Does toxic content drive social media engagement? ☢️
YES. But proving it isn’t straightforward.
A new field experiment by @rafaeljjd.bsky.social et al. provides causal evidence that reducing exposure to toxicity lowers engagement across major platforms.
Here’s what they found 👇
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YES. But proving it isn’t straightforward.
A new field experiment by @rafaeljjd.bsky.social et al. provides causal evidence that reducing exposure to toxicity lowers engagement across major platforms.
Here’s what they found 👇
1/8
February 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🧵 Does toxic content drive social media engagement? ☢️
YES. But proving it isn’t straightforward.
A new field experiment by @rafaeljjd.bsky.social et al. provides causal evidence that reducing exposure to toxicity lowers engagement across major platforms.
Here’s what they found 👇
1/8
YES. But proving it isn’t straightforward.
A new field experiment by @rafaeljjd.bsky.social et al. provides causal evidence that reducing exposure to toxicity lowers engagement across major platforms.
Here’s what they found 👇
1/8
Reposted by Rafael Jiménez Durán
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @juliaseither <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gy3xhx7b4a7mh7eop2bxyi7q" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@juliaseither.bsky.social at Universidad del Rosario who works on topics related to experimental + behavioral economics
www.juliaseither.org/
www.juliaseither.org/
Julia Seither
Assistant Professor of Economics at Universidad del Rosario
www.juliaseither.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @juliaseither <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gy3xhx7b4a7mh7eop2bxyi7q" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@juliaseither.bsky.social at Universidad del Rosario who works on topics related to experimental + behavioral economics
www.juliaseither.org/
www.juliaseither.org/
Deadline approaching:
The CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society is hosted by Bocconi University in June 2025!
Submission deadline is January 31, 2025.
We accept extended abstracts but priority will be given to full papers.
More details: t.co/xwoWXLEBVH
#econsky
The CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society is hosted by Bocconi University in June 2025!
Submission deadline is January 31, 2025.
We accept extended abstracts but priority will be given to full papers.
More details: t.co/xwoWXLEBVH
#econsky
January 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Deadline approaching:
The CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society is hosted by Bocconi University in June 2025!
Submission deadline is January 31, 2025.
We accept extended abstracts but priority will be given to full papers.
More details: t.co/xwoWXLEBVH
#econsky
The CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society is hosted by Bocconi University in June 2025!
Submission deadline is January 31, 2025.
We accept extended abstracts but priority will be given to full papers.
More details: t.co/xwoWXLEBVH
#econsky
What is the best evidence that fact checking works *at scale*? And evidence on whether it outperforms Community Notes?
Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision regarding Meta platforms condemned as ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to ditch factcheckers on Facebook and “prioritise free speech” weeks before Donald Trump returns to power was…
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What is the best evidence that fact checking works *at scale*? And evidence on whether it outperforms Community Notes?
Has anyone made the point that LLMs help you, not only with the info they give, but also because they sharpen your thinking by forcing you to articulate your thoughts in prompts?
December 29, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Has anyone made the point that LLMs help you, not only with the info they give, but also because they sharpen your thinking by forcing you to articulate your thoughts in prompts?
Reposted by Rafael Jiménez Durán
Out now in @aeajournals.bsky.social: a guide to research on the economics of social media platforms, by SSRC Digital Platforms Initiative participants @rafaeljjd.bsky.social, Roee Levy, Guy Aridor, and Lena Song.
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The Economics of Social Media
(December 2024) - We provide a guide to the burgeoning literature on the economics of social media. We first define social media platforms and highlight their unique features. We then synthesize the m...
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December 10, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Out now in @aeajournals.bsky.social: a guide to research on the economics of social media platforms, by SSRC Digital Platforms Initiative participants @rafaeljjd.bsky.social, Roee Levy, Guy Aridor, and Lena Song.
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Very happy to see our review article finally in print!
December 9, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Very happy to see our review article finally in print!
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Thrilled to share that my work on feed-ranking algorithms, based on a large-scale experiment I conducted with 5 million people in India, was recently featured on the Economics that really matters blog!
So excited for feedback from folks in this lovely space 🦚 www.econthatmatters.com/2024/11/can-...
So excited for feedback from folks in this lovely space 🦚 www.econthatmatters.com/2024/11/can-...
Can Social Media Algorithms be Regulated to Prevent Online Radicalization in Developing Countries?
We are excited to launch our Job Market Paper Series blog for 2024-2025, beginning with our very first blog post by Aarushi Kalra. Aarushi Kalra is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Brown Universi…
www.econthatmatters.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Thrilled to share that my work on feed-ranking algorithms, based on a large-scale experiment I conducted with 5 million people in India, was recently featured on the Economics that really matters blog!
So excited for feedback from folks in this lovely space 🦚 www.econthatmatters.com/2024/11/can-...
So excited for feedback from folks in this lovely space 🦚 www.econthatmatters.com/2024/11/can-...
Network effects are powerful…
November 25, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Network effects are powerful…
Reposted by Rafael Jiménez Durán
This new paper by Guy Aridor, Rafael Jiménez-Durán (@rafaeljjd.bsky.social), Ro’ee Levy, and Lena Song provides a precious practical guide for designing, conducting, and analyzing experiments using social media platforms #EconSky
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November 25, 2024 at 3:03 PM
This new paper by Guy Aridor, Rafael Jiménez-Durán (@rafaeljjd.bsky.social), Ro’ee Levy, and Lena Song provides a precious practical guide for designing, conducting, and analyzing experiments using social media platforms #EconSky
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A quick keyword search in here shows that this site is not really ready for the moderation challenges that come with scale.
Maybe it feels safe for now because early migrators are homogeneous. But that changes fast w scale.
Plus, no clear monetization -> hard to scale up a moderation team.
Maybe it feels safe for now because early migrators are homogeneous. But that changes fast w scale.
Plus, no clear monetization -> hard to scale up a moderation team.
November 17, 2024 at 11:17 PM
A quick keyword search in here shows that this site is not really ready for the moderation challenges that come with scale.
Maybe it feels safe for now because early migrators are homogeneous. But that changes fast w scale.
Plus, no clear monetization -> hard to scale up a moderation team.
Maybe it feels safe for now because early migrators are homogeneous. But that changes fast w scale.
Plus, no clear monetization -> hard to scale up a moderation team.
Working in media economics? Don’t miss the CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, and Politics, hosted at Bocconi in June 2025! #econsky
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November 15, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Working in media economics? Don’t miss the CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, and Politics, hosted at Bocconi in June 2025! #econsky
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The academic literature on social media has *exploded* recently
In this new paper, we synthesize the empirical literature on the economics of social media, covering e.g. content moderation, segregation, political ads, & effects on political outcomes.
Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#Econsky
In this new paper, we synthesize the empirical literature on the economics of social media, covering e.g. content moderation, segregation, political ads, & effects on political outcomes.
Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#Econsky
February 1, 2024 at 1:46 PM
The academic literature on social media has *exploded* recently
In this new paper, we synthesize the empirical literature on the economics of social media, covering e.g. content moderation, segregation, political ads, & effects on political outcomes.
Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#Econsky
In this new paper, we synthesize the empirical literature on the economics of social media, covering e.g. content moderation, segregation, political ads, & effects on political outcomes.
Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#Econsky
