Couldn't make it to FOSSY this year? No worries! You can check out the live stream below to hear from all the amazing presenters! www.youtube.com/live/f2wDfw2...

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Come see us at FOSSY this week! We're running the Science of Community track on Friday, August 1st and Saturday, August 2nd! Visit 2025.fossy.us for the full schedule and ticket info.

We're one week away from #FOSSY2025! Come see us at the Science of Community track on Friday, August 1st and Saturday, August 2nd. We have a number of great speakers joining us, check out the schedule below! Tickets are still available, you can find them here: 2025.fossy.us/attend/ticke...

FOSSY 2025 is only two weeks away and we've got a great line up of folks presenting during the Science of Community track! Check out our speakers below, and visit 2025.fossy.us for tickets and more information. We hope to see you there!

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Come see us at FOSSY 2025! We'll be running the Science of Community track on Friday, August 1st and Saturday August 2nd. Check out the full schedule and ticket info here: 2025.fossy.us

The Challenge of Peer-Produced Websites | UW College of Arts & Sciences Communication professor Benjamin Mako Hill studies why successful peer-produced websites (like Wikipedia) eventually struggle to maintain their openness to new contributors.

UW published this really nice article about my work on governance challenges and lifecycles faced by peer-produced online communities—the work supported by my NSF CAREER grant. Check it out if you want to know what I've been thinking about and working on!

Come check out the CDSC at ICA 75! A number of our CDSC folks will be attending the 75th Annual International Communication Association Conference “Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research” in Denver, Colorado…

If you're in Denver for the International Communication Association's annual meeting, see work by and connect with CDSC people. @yibin.bsky.social, @callofdyuti.bsky.social, @mako.cc, Haomin Lin, and Jeremy Foote are all around! #ICA25 blog.communitydata.science/come-check-o...

3 days left to submit your proposal for FOSSY 2025!
Visit wiki.communitydata.science/FOSSY_(2025) to learn more about the Science of Community Track. We can't wait to see you there!

Only 4 days left to submit your proposal!

fossy 2025 portland, OR, USA july 31 - august 3, 2025 call for proposals open until april 28

Interested in open source software, communities, and tech? Want to bridge the gap between researchers and practitioners? Join us at FOSSY! We'll be running the Science Community Track alongside D//F. Learn more about the track and how to submit: wiki.communitydata.science/FOSSY_(2025)

Community Dialogue on The Role of Community Governance Join the Community Data Science Collective (CDSC) for our 11th Science of Community Dialogue! This Community Dialogue will take place on April 4th at 12:00 pm CT. This Dialogue focuses on resisting…

We're hosting another Community Dialogue discussing the Role of Community Governance with @zarine.net and @paulgowder.bsky.social on April 4th @ 12pm CT!
You can learn more and register here: blog.communitydata.science/community-di...

Thinking about AI harms to communities? Submit to our upcoming 4S Panel! We advocate for consideration of harms to communities (including online communities) as they respond to, are used for, and incorporate generative AI algorithms. One area of risk is one we call &#82…

@s0hw.bsky.social and @kayleachampion.bsky.social are organizing a panel at 4S 2025 and the call for submissions is still open! Check out our blog to learn more: blog.communitydata.science/thinking-abo...

Python talk night at GitHub, Wed, Dec 18, 2024, 5:30 PM | Meetup Join us for an exciting talk night at Github's office in Bellevue! **Agenda:** 5:30-6pm: Doors open/networking 6-6:10pm: Opening remarks 6:10-6:35pm: Talk #1 6:35-6:50pm:

CDSC's Kaylea Champion will be presenting a practitioner-focused talk to the Puget Sound Python user group (PuPPY)! Drawing from her own research and academy findings, her talk will be TODAY @ 5:30pm PST at the GitHub offices in Bellevue, Washington. More information here:

The Ultimate List of Community Professional Bluesky Starter Packs Updated Dec. 4, 2024 Recently, there has been a notable shift of people moving to BlueSky, including many community managers and professionals seeking a fresh space for connection and collaboration…

I've updated the "The Ultimate List of Community Professional Bluesky Starter Packs"
cmgr.live/blog/the-ult...

Shout outs to
@serenas.bsky.social
@kazwen.bsky.social
@piperwilson.bsky.social
@communitybuilders.bsky.social
@communitydata.science
@drewski669.bsky.social
#communitymanager #cmgr

Starter pack with current and former CDSC members. We'll update it if and when more folks join Bluesky.

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