发表机构
University of Colorado Boulder（科罗拉多大学博尔德分校）
机构由 AI 辅助整理，请以论文原文为准。AI 中文总结
本研究分析KiwiFarms在线留言板的集体骚扰动力学，通过探索性分析和前瞻性建模揭示社区语言演变及早期帖子增长对病毒式传播的预测作用，强调边缘平台作为复杂系统的社会影响。
AI 中文摘要
边缘在线留言板通常在其产生的极端意识形态背景下被研究。然而，迄今为止，这类研究大多未关注以集体骚扰这一常见形式造成的直接现实世界伤害。我们直接分析了KiwiFarms的复杂动力学，这是一个主要致力于骚扰弱势社区个体的在线留言板。我们对平台的超链接结构、随时间变化的语言特征进行了探索性分析，并对帖子规模进行了前瞻性建模。在确立了该系统复杂特征的整体图景后，我们观察了社区特定词汇的时间演变，发现社区对其骚扰目标的框架在2020年代初期比2010年代后期持续唤起更多危险感。最后，我们发现早期的帖子增长行为能够预测长期的帖子病毒式传播。我们讨论了这些发现对更广泛理解有毒在线行为和威胁评估的意义，并主张将边缘平台作为具有重大社会影响的复杂系统进行研究。
英文摘要
Fringe online message boards are often studied in the context of the extreme ideology that they produce. So far, however, not much of this research has focused on direct real-world harm in the all-too-common form of collective harassment. We directly analyze the complex dynamics of KiwiFarms, an online message board dedicated largely to the harassment of individuals from vulnerable communities. We conduct exploratory analyses of the hyperlink structure of the platform and linguistic changes over time, and prospective modeling of thread size. After establishing this broader picture of the complex traits of the system, we observe the temporal evolution of community-specific vocabulary, finding that the community's framing of their harassment targets persistently evokes more danger in the early 2020s than the late 2010s. We lastly find that early thread-growth behavior is predictive of longer-term thread virality. We discuss the implications for broader understanding of toxic online behavior and threat assessment, and make the case for studying fringe platforms as complex systems with significant societal impact.
