This is one of the worst violations of research ethics I've ever seen. Manipulating people in online communities using deception, without consent, is not "low risk" and, as evidenced by the discourse in this Reddit post, resulted in harm.

Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵

I presented my work on Invisible Labor in Open Source Software at the student research symposium yesterday!

I love filling out government forms because they make me question whether I can spell my own name 🙃