Robert Peck

Lecturer @uiowa, @iowa_nwp grad, @reddit mod, bird enthusiast 🦢🐦 Book in works on web moderation

[Robert Peck @RobertHPeck]

I worked on this with @peard33 for months, speaking with 60 people to bring you an inside look at Reddit's IPO and the volunteers who can make or break it https://t.co/gHIlVoq1GQ

[WIRED @WIRED]

Reddit's decision to charge for access to the app's API led thousands to protest. WIRED spoke with Reddit mods and employees to bring you the most comprehensive inside look at one of the internet's most enduring and idiosyncratic community spaces.

🔗 https://t.co/EE0ZZnqOnM

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

How QAnon is attracting cops https://t.co/6y3DrElyD3

[WIRED @WIRED]

r/The_Donald trafficked in violent rhetoric, growing a prodigious following over five years. Here’s how—and why—Reddit finally shut it down.
https://t.co/58cAZGblme

[Robert Peck @RobertHPeck]

I wrote about the rise and fall of one of @reddit's most frightening—and fascinating—communities for @WIRED. Check it out! https://t.co/EpuMe71Gk8

[Robert Peck @RobertHPeck]

@realTrumpshaker Hey there—I'm RedBlue1926 from Reddit. You said you might be game to talk about your T_D work over here. Can I slide into your DMs?

[Ilya Marritz @ilyamarritz]

good morning! I'm hosting @AllOfItWNYC today

coming up at noon:

Reddit moderator @RobertHPeck

playwrights @jessicacblank & @erikjensen123

novelist @ZainaArafat

documentarian @winter (Bill from the Excellent Advntr)

@caitlinroper on covid fiction

& CHIPMUNKS w/ @sugarpond

[Robert Peck @RobertHPeck]

Thanks to @SachaPfeiffer for speaking with me on All Things Considered today! https://t.co/SqNwIrqvGn

[Robert Peck @RobertHPeck]

https://t.co/MCXOtw7h06 Momentous. The company has resisted this decision for years.

[Tanya Basu @tanyabasu]

.@reddit's automoderator makes moderating faster and less of a vile, mindnumbing experience.

It still takes a human to clean up after it—and that's not a bad thing.

https://t.co/peNh7Nkfix

[Lauren Murrow @laurenmurrow]

Auditing would allow AI systems to be instantly interrogated for signs of bias. For example: What happens if we change the gender of a defendant? What if a loan applicant resides in a historically minority neighborhood? https://t.co/tUYfCr41XD by @etzioni and @tianhuil via @WIRED

[Robert Peck @RobertHPeck]

I spoke with NPR's All Things Considered about @reddit's recent quarantine of /r/the_donald. Thanks to @NPRMichel for having me on! @npratc https://t.co/bKJpQ0VzWJ

[Leila (rhymes with tequila) @leilaclaire]

I think about Werner Herzog asking about the violence in Pokemon Go maybe once a week.
“Is there violence? Is there murder?”

[Robert Peck @RobertHPeck]

old meme

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Hear Elon Musk’s surprise rap song "RIP Harambe" https://t.co/6KUqKB0OUo

[Katie Prout @katie_prout]

“This is an attempt to understand why the women I know are passing along clothes-folding techniques in their 30s like they did laxative pills in their 20s.” Thanks to @The_Millions for giving my essay on fad minimalism, bodies, and the history of the word sluttish a home👽

[Aaron Bady @zunguzungu]

People often misunderstand why the first-person is narratively powerful in non-fiction.

It's not because we want to know more about you in particular or because we want deep dives in the writer's psyche/trauma: it's because the "voice from nowhere" frame is WILDLY uncompelling.

[Robert Peck @RobertHPeck]

Watching big famous websites change is almost always worthwhile, even if not for the reasons we think! Less distrust/conspiracy theories, and more about watching people make giant internet things they don't know how to control and tracking the outcome

[Robert Peck @RobertHPeck]

@AlexanderDeLuca @reddit @WIRED You should absolutely write that! And please let me know if you do—I'd love to see it. Thank you for reading and for your kind words.

[Robert Peck @RobertHPeck]

I wrote about the power of @reddit volunteer moderators for @WIRED! https://t.co/AZVFp6m4p8

[Robert Peck @RobertHPeck]

I'll be on NPR's All Things Considered tomorrow talking about @reddit and web moderation. Thanks to @NPRMichel for having me on! @npratc