{"id":21757,"date":"2023-04-25T00:11:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T00:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/?p=21757"},"modified":"2024-12-11T00:46:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T00:46:02","slug":"introducing-modsimulator-a-free-research-tool-to-test-the-effectiveness-of-soft-content-moderation-measures-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/2023\/04\/25\/introducing-modsimulator-a-free-research-tool-to-test-the-effectiveness-of-soft-content-moderation-measures-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing ModSimulator – A Free Research Tool to Test the Effectiveness of Soft Content Moderation Measures on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ModSimulator<\/a> is an open-source software tool designed to conduct experimental research on user behavior in response to social media content moderation interventions. ModSimulator allows researchers to test specific moderation measures, such as fact-check footnotes and blur screens, which are widely used by platforms to limit misinformation spread and inform users about post accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using ModSimulator, researchers can create a customized, interactive social media timeline that closely resembles a real-world platform, enabling them to add fact-check footnotes or blur screens to selected posts. This approach allows for the study of users’ actual behavior in a realistic environment, rather than only relying on self-reported responses about encounters with misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are a researcher, feel free to use & modify the tool to conduct your own soft moderation experiment with footnotes & blur screens. You can download the code for ModSimulator via Github<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ModSimulator is a customized fork of the Mock Social Media Website Tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ModSimulator est un outil logiciel open-source con\u00e7u pour mener des recherches exp\u00e9rimentales sur le comportement des utilisateurs face aux interventions de mod\u00e9ration de contenu sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux. ModSimulator permet aux chercheurs de tester des mesures de mod\u00e9ration sp\u00e9cifiques, telles que les notes de bas de page de v\u00e9rification des faits et les \u00e9crans flous, qui sont largement utilis\u00e9es par les plateformes pour limiter la propagation de la d\u00e9sinformation et informer les utilisateurs sur la pr\u00e9cision des publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En utilisant ModSimulator, les chercheurs peuvent cr\u00e9er une chronologie de m\u00e9dias sociaux personnalis\u00e9e et interactive qui ressemble \u00e9troitement \u00e0 une plateforme r\u00e9elle, leur permettant d’ajouter des notes de v\u00e9rification des faits ou de flouter les \u00e9crans de certains messages. Cette approche permet d’\u00e9tudier le comportement r\u00e9el des utilisateurs dans un environnement r\u00e9aliste, plut\u00f4t que de se fier uniquement aux r\u00e9ponses auto-d\u00e9clar\u00e9es concernant les rencontres avec la d\u00e9sinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Si vous \u00eates un chercheur, n’h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 utiliser et \u00e0 modifier l’outil pour mener votre propre exp\u00e9rience de mod\u00e9ration douce avec des notes de bas de page et des \u00e9crans flous. Vous pouvez t\u00e9l\u00e9charger le code de ModSimulator via Github<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ModSimulator est une version personnalis\u00e9e du Mock Social Media Website Tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Preview Slides from our Work-in-Progress Study with ModSimulator: Studying the Impact of Soft Moderation Interventions on Engagement with Social Media Posts Containing False Claims about the Russia-Ukraine war <\/h5>\nDiapositives d’aper\u00e7u de notre \u00e9tude en cours avec ModSimulator : \u00c9tudier l’impact des interventions de mod\u00e9ration douce sur l’engagement envers les publications sur les m\u00e9dias sociaux contenant de fausses affirmations \u00e0 propos de la guerre entre la Russie et l’Ukraine<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The project is funded by the Government of Canada via the Digital Citizen Contribution Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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