Fandom can really bring people together. Science is starting to measure it | Thetafan Intelligence

If you have ever watched a big game in a packed stadium, a pub or even a room full of people you barely know, you will probably recognise the feeling. For a couple of hours, strangers have something in common. They celebrate together, complain together and somehow find themselves talking as though they have known each other for much longer.

What happens when social media becomes part of the evidence | Thetafan Intelligence

There was an interesting detail in the reporting from France this week that caught our attention at Thetafan.

How can platforms self-govern as social media bans spread | Thetafan Intelligence

A board can count how many underage accounts its platform has removed yet still struggle to explain whether the experience has become safer.

Platforms can govern themselves more credibly by defining the outcomes they want, measuring the relationships their services encourage, and testing whether safeguards actually change those outcomes.