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@c-cilab.bsky.social
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Community·Computer Interaction Lab, led by Austin Toombs (@altoombs). www.c-cilab.com. We research how computing technologies mediate the types of interpersonal and group interactions that communities depend on for their success and maintenance.

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C·CI Lab @c-cilab.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Casper ter Kuile, author of "The Power of Ritual" and co-host of the podcast "Harry Potter and the Sacred Text", wrote about our Implicit Care research on his substack open.substack.com/pub/joyfulbe...
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A well-designed table doesn’t love the people around it, but it makes lingering possible
Learning from Austin Toombs and the concept of 'implicit care'
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C·CI Lab @c-cilab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Very proud of this paper at Design Research Society, "Patterns of everyday care: Translating cultural practices for online communities" doi.org/10.21606/drs... We also just launched our website related to these patterns, though we are still adding some of the materials: c-cilab.com/care-patterns/
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Patterns of Everyday Care — C·CI Lab
A toolkit of 23 design patterns naming the subtle, everyday forms of care that hold online communities together. From the C·CI Lab at Indiana University.
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Austin Toombs @altoombs.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
(Soon-to-be Dr.) Suchismita Naik just successfully defended her PhD dissertation, "Multi-Agent Design Patterns for Fostering Sense of Belonging in Online Communities: Insights from Fandom Communities and AI Practitioners".
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Austin Toombs @altoombs.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Austin’s Unofficial Rules for Not Dying (or Being Boring) at Conferences, particularly #chi2025 A short thread of practical survival tips for the conference grind:
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C·CI Lab @c-cilab.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
All of the C-CILab PhD students (Suchismita Naik, Seora Park, and Tilar DeVine) have work at #CHI2025 this year! Here’s a little thread celebrating what they’re up to. So proud of them! ❤️
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C·CI Lab @c-cilab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Looking for more online groups where people genuinely connect. We’re expanding our study on subtle acts of support in online communities and are looking for new groups to observe. If you're part of such a group or you moderate one, please consider joining our study! c-cilab.com/subtle-acts-...
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Subtle Acts of Support in Online Communities – community-computer interaction lab
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C·CI Lab @c-cilab.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Hello, friends! Just slowly continuing the migration over :D
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