Social Norms on Reddit: A Demographic Analysis
Abstract
Social norms, the shared informal rules of acceptable behavior, drive and reflect the evolution of societies. As an increasingly large part of social interactions happens online, social media data offers an unprecedented opportunity to assess the perception of social norm boundaries in-the-wild. In this regard, Reddit’s r/AITA represents an invaluable source of codified social norms. This subreddit is an online forum where individuals describe how they acted in a specific situation in the past, and ask for the feedback of the community about whether their behavior was deviant or socially acceptable. Other users in the community share their views and express a judgment codified by a tag.
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Recent surveys showed Reddit users possessed unique social norms, personalities, and demographic breakdowns.
“Recent surveys showed Reddit users possessed unique social norms, personalities, and demographic breakdowns [12,19].”
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'It was 80% me, 20% AI': Seeking Authenticity in Co-Writing with Large Language Models
Hwang, A. H.-C., Liao, Q. V., Blodgett, S. L., Olteanu, A., & Trischler, A. (2025) · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · doi:10.1145/3711020 · Cited by 42 · see citing works
“Recent surveys showed Reddit users possessed unique social norms, personalities, and demographic breakdowns [12, 19].”
- Authors
- De Candia, S., De Francisci Morales, G., Monti, C., & Bonchi, F.
- Affiliations
- Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
- Centai, Italy
- EURECAT Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya (ES)
- Venue
- 14th ACM Web Science Conference 2022
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2022-06-26
- Pages
- 139-147
- OpenAlex
- W4283462840
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 2.07
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Digital Communication and Language
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Keywords
- social norms, Reddit, online forums, social deviance, user demographics, acceptable behavior
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