Concerned with how individuals assess scientific experts on the Internet, our research investigates the virtual r/science subreddit and their popular Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) series, where scientists engage with an audience for a question-and-answer forum focused on their research. We attend primarily...
Reddit:I'm Hadley Wickham, Chief Scientist at RStudio and creator of lots of R packages (incl. ggplot2, dplyr, and devtools). I love R, data analysis/science, visualisation: ask me anything!
Of these communities, the first two are general subreddits dedicated respectively to posts regarding what users deem the best of Reddit, and to ‘Ask Me Anything’ sessions. On the other hand, the second two are respectively a community dedicated to asking controversial questions, and a Sub...