/u/SarahAGilbert's posts in /r/AskHistorians
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They were notorious of moderators of Reddit, surfing a tidal wave of [removed]. But behind the comment graveyard, the knowledgeable team was trapped in a private hell. The AskHistorians mods, as you’ve never seen them before... in my published paper.
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[Meta] I wrote my PhD dissertation on AskHistorians! Rather than ask you to read the whole thing, I’ve summed up my findings in three posts. This is Part 1, on learning and knowledge exchange in AskHistorians.
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31 years ago today 14 women were killed at l'École Polytechnique in Montreal. Now the massacre is widely accepted as an anti-feminist attack; what were anti-feminist movements like at the time? What role did they play in the massacre?
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[Meta] I wrote my PhD dissertation on AskHistorians! Buckle up for Part 2, on the cultural and technical impacts of Reddit on AskHistorians (and AskHistorians, on Reddit)
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[Meta] I’m back with the final post summarizing my PhD dissertation work on AskHistorians! This post describes the visible and invisible work of AskHistorians moderators (and why they do it)
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