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Technological Frames and User Innovation

Charles Kiene, Jialun Aaron Jiang, Benjamin Mako Hill · 2019 · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Summary. Online community moderators on Reddit who migrated to Discord faced scaling and design challenges. They responded by creating custom scripts and bots using Discord's API to modify the platform and replicate Reddit's functionality. End-user programming enabled these communities to innovate solutions to unanticipated design problems, transforming new platforms to match their existing expectations and workflows.

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Kiene, C., Jiang, J. A., & Hill, B. M.. (2019). Technological Frames and User Innovation. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/3359146

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DOI
10.1145/3359146
Countries
United States
Regions
North America
Categories
innovation-theory, broadband-and-digital, general-innovation
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2026-04-28