@cfiesler@inthehands@michaelzimmer@profprof@sarahgilbert It’s Reddit Inc.’s stated preference for behaviour on the platform, which is absolutely not the same thing as actual user behaviour on the platform (and tolerated by Reddit Inc.).
Source: I happen to be a moderator on a reasonably large Reddit sub (~150K members).
@pmonks@inthehands@michaelzimmer@profprof@sarahgilbert It seems as if you are making a significant (and it seems incorrect) assumption about the contents of the paper based on the title of a blog post. If you read it, feel free to offer critique based on what we actually wrote.
@cfiesler@inthehands@michaelzimmer@profprof@sarahgilbert I did read it thanks, and do appreciate and agree with your general point about conducting research ethically. I’m simply pointing out that specifically appealing to Reddit’s “remember the human” guideline (as the title and first paragraph of the post do) as a source of authority on ethical behaviour, is not compelling given the actual behaviours exhibited (and tolerated) by Reddit. In my opinion it undermines your (valuable!) argument.
@pmonks@inthehands@michaelzimmer@profprof@sarahgilbert I think that we have different definitions of what it means to “appeal to” and/or “source of authority.” In any case I think we can leave this here - glad you enjoyed the paper!
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