Harmonizing the Cacophony with MIC: An Affordance-aware Framework for Platform Moderation

We demonstrate the advantages of using an affordance-aware framework like MIC by analyzing several social platforms over course two case studies. First, we analyze individual and how can be used to examine effects platform changes on moderation ecosystem identify potential new challenges in moderation. Next, use systematically compare three propose mechanisms that each adapt. Moderation researchers stakeholders such comparisons uncover where emulate practices successful, established, better-studied platforms, as well learn from pitfalls other have encountered.