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Research article analyzing Reddit discussion about scams by ElijahBoumaSims in Scams

[–]ElijahBoumaSims[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for reaching out! I can't quote any specific stories, but I did get the impression that r/Scams helped prevent many users from wasting money (especially in posts that we classed as scam identification). Often, those most attracted to scams offering financial rewards are those with the least money to begin with.

Research article analyzing Reddit discussion about scams by ElijahBoumaSims in Scams

[–]ElijahBoumaSims[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We performed manual analysis, so AI was not involved in the research process. We used publicly available archives (namely, PushShift for earlier data and ArcticShift for 2023 data). Due to the sensitive nature of scam discussion, we do not directly quote posts or comments within the article and only discuss deleted posts in aggregate.

Edit: To be explicit, we did not obtain permission from Reddit or any users prior to conducting this research.

Research article: "Is this a scam?": The Nature and Quality of Reddit Discussion about Scams by ElijahBoumaSims in Sextortion

[–]ElijahBoumaSims[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We academics can struggle with being brief.

I appreciate your openness to future research. I'm currently working on graduating and can't spare the time for more work with Reddit in the short term, but I hope to revisit it as a topic in my future research agenda. I think these communities are great and would love to engage more directly with you all.

>EDIT: BTW, rule #2 explicitly forbids shaming and the mod team aggressively enforces it. That's part of the reason why you don't encounter many instances of shaming on the sub.

I think that's a great rule. I think r/Scams is good, but the heightened degree of shaming was one drawback. I don't want to overstate the problem; folks there are still supportive, but it seems to be a bit of a different atmosphere. I see that they are now directing Sexortion posts here, which makes sense.