Understanding Toxicity Triggers on Reddit in the Context of Singapore

TL;DR

This paper explores toxicity triggers on Reddit within the Singaporean context, demonstrating the feasibility of detection and highlighting cultural differences in toxicity cues compared to Western communities.

Contribution

It is the first study to identify toxicity triggers in an Asian online community and compare them with Western counterparts.

Findings

Toxicity triggers can be detected in Singaporean Reddit communities.

Toxicity cues differ significantly between Western and Eastern online cultures.

Detection methods are adaptable across different cultural contexts.

Abstract

While the contagious nature of online toxicity sparked increasing interest in its early detection and prevention, most of the literature focuses on the Western world. In this work, we demonstrate that 1) it is possible to detect toxicity triggers in an Asian online community, and 2) toxicity triggers can be strikingly different between Western and Eastern contexts.