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Paul Smaldino

Job! I'm hiring a 2-yr postdoc at @UCMCogSci for Fall 2023 to model the cultural evolution of complex social identities and associated signaling strategies. More info here. Please reach out with any questions!
aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF0156

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Paul Smaldino

I'm an author on the research being profiled in this LA Times article, but few things have convinced me about the extent to which Twitter has become a toxic place as much as the responses to the tweet of the article by the @latimes. latimes.com/business/technolog

(link to tweet: twitter.com/latimes/status/165)

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LA Times covering our research on hate speech on Twitter:
"One billionaire owner, twice the hate: Twitter hate speech surged with Musk, study says" latimes.com/business/technolog

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Laffy

Agree. Losing #Twitter is not only a sad thing, it's a serious thing.

And this is exactly the way Musk wants it. He's Trump, only actually rich.

Via Scott Hechinger:

Scott Hechinger:

None of this is funny. #Musk has purposefully destroyed one of the most effective tools of local movements & advocates to be heard & connect with journalists, decision makers, & those with power to amplify critical messages and perspectives.

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Paul Smaldino

Wrote this letter to Cognitive Science with David Pietraszewski and Annie Wertz. "On The Problems Solved By Cognitive Processes." psyarxiv.com/3kypq

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Brendan Halpin

In positive news, my daughter is a teacher and her classroom geckos hatched. Please enjoy this photo of a newborn gecko.

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mjk_4mjk

"Musk screamed about how this was horrible shadowbanning… but then proceeded to use those tools to suppress speech of people he disliked.", techdirt.com/2023/04/10/after-

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New paper on auditing Elon's early impact on Twitter.
- Hateful users became more hateful
- Hate increased dramatically
- There was no overall change in bots

Paper (accepted to ICWSM 2023) is here:
arxiv.org/abs/2304.04129

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Sam Scarpino

For me, the best part of Twitter was the “closeness” to journalists and media venues. It’s the reason I’m still spending time here.

NPR’s decision to leave is the right one, but probably heralds the final erasure of what made Twitter a magical (good and bad) forum.
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RT @gbrumfiel
NEW: NPR has decided it will no longer participate on Twitter due to inaccurate labelling of our main account.

Twitter doesn't make or break anything we …
twitter.com/gbrumfiel/status/1

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Paul Smaldino

I'm prepping a lecture on social learning strategies, and took the opportunity to revisit this scene that is irrevocably seared into my memory.

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Paul Smaldino

Here's my commentary on the very thought-provoking upcoming BBS paper by @amaatouq et al. Theories aren't just isolated explanations, they are linked into frameworks, and whether models are explanatory or just predictive makes a difference. psyarxiv.com/d3wmh

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I posted a trascript of my conversation with ChatGPT, the best conversation anyone will ever have with an AI. smaldino.com/wp/how-many-potat

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Ben Waber

Next was a fabulous podcast with @psmaldino and @add_hawk on the issues with value metrics and governance at the @sfiscience. There's deep conversation here of how KPIs can distort understanding, incentives, and who succeeds, and while I'd like to see more discussion of this in a non-scientific context (you need some coherent KPIs in companies) I still highly recommend it youtube.com/watch?v=tD6hh3ZAxW (3/12)

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How many potatoes could fit in a pair of pants?

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Paul Smaldino

I'm really into learning Julia and Agents.jl (mastering these is my top summer goal), but I have really come around to loving NetLogo -- I wanted a stochastic block model with visualization, and made this from scratch in literally 5 minutes.

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Alberto Acerbi

Looking much forward to start working with the new colleagues, and an arrivederci to all the great people at the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel University London

Btw, they opened *my* position (deadline 8th March - feel free to get in touch if you have any question):

jobs.ac.uk/job/CXH095/lecturer

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Trees are cool.

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C.A.B. Fredericks

I went to pub quiz and all I got was this obsession with the idea that "My Best Friend's Girl" is sung from the perspective of an older, sadder Jessie.

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Paul Smaldino

Here’s a new preprint w Zack Dunivin: Dynamics of covert signaling: Modeling the emergence and extinction of identity signals.

We use theoretical modeling to explore the dynamics of identity signals when their use is penalized by a hostile outgroup.

Depending on the benefits of coordination and expected costs of discovery by outgroups individuals, we should expect a wide range of dynamics for the emergence and persistence of identity signals.

Feedback much appreciated.

psyarxiv.com/3tz2r/

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Paul Smaldino

Here’s a new preprint w Zack Dunivin: Dynamics of covert signaling: Modeling the emergence and extinction of identity signals.

We use theoretical modeling to explore the dynamics of identity signals when their use is penalized by a hostile outgroup.

Depending on the benefits of coordination and expected costs of discovery by outgroups individuals, we should expect a wide range of dynamics for the emergence and persistence of identity signals.

Feedback much appreciated.

psyarxiv.com/3tz2r/

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