The other day I tweeted something p mild about perception, and instantly a dozen angry psychologists popped up in my mentions. Today it was economists, after I said that ppl didn't pay enough attention to incentive engineering (I wasn't talking abt econ)https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/1389725209800830980?s=19 …
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It's kind of hard to predict *which* tweet will anger people. The best filter is to ask: what sort of people are going to want to react? You don't want the answer to be "political activists", for instance
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Many people see Twitter as a game where the goal is to dunk on others in front of an audience and get likes as reward. It almost doesn't matter what you say -- it's all about how it gets framed.
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A framing of my tweets I've seen maybe 5-6 in the past few weeks: "dumb tech bro is trying to reinvent my field, let me immediately assert intellectual superiority". It's funny to me because I'm usually just posting whatever I'm currently thinking about -- spurs of the moment.
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As for the "tech bro" part, no one who knows me would describe me as one, but having "Google" in your bio instantly earns you that label. Again, framing.
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“Academic politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.”
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Ouch. That hurt & you are so mean.
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Haha you have your baby boy wakes you up in the middle of the night. That way like you suggested will burn down the Twitter
Tweet politics 

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Tweet academia pointing out what’s wrong 









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No more games.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Just tweet something against the "woke" horde ideology, and you have aggressiveness for weeks
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Sorry it's like that. I appreciate your interesting contributions here. Please don't let the dunkers discourage you.
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