Academic inside baseball: I think we kinda figured out how to do a great lit review on any topic. 1-Pop on twitter and say "why aren't academics working on this?" 2-Build scraper to collect handles from angry replies, send suggested titles to Zotero. 3-... 4-Profit.
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Also inside baseball to computer science: USNWR rankings did not take citations from proceedings into account?!?
Slightly amused that this happened to the discipline whose graduates build those effective metric engines that then put crazy videos to kids on YouTube but still...1 reply 1 retweet 28 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Arvind Narayanan
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Arvind NarayananVerified account @random_walkerBased on Twitter reactions,@TheAshenLight has compiled a public, editable list of organizations & individuals working on Algorithmic Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nacNWHfq1B6SrOC_Dyd-R908qsANeTACG6FibLl9Jls … Thank you!! Go forth and edit! Let’s channel the energy productively
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ryan Herr 🪕
Fine, fine, but that's about getting the right answer. Mine is called zeynep's lit review, so there. *sulks*https://twitter.com/rrherr/status/930596088121348096 …
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Well, someone else had the same idea, too! (And said it earlier than I did) See, we can do lit reviews and convergent evolution on the right method. :-D https://twitter.com/ShaneBDuggan/status/930552824982790144 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted sam boyer
Of course! Thank you! If we parse things finely enough, we're all originals. And who better than academics to parse things finely, right? We're good.https://twitter.com/sdboyer/status/930600317888188416 …
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Replying to @zeynep
i wish i knew the word for self-deprecations that deliciously smash together truth and absurdity, but all i have is "congratuhorrible" and this GIFpic.twitter.com/D4rahauQ7n
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Replying to @zeynep
strong agree, but...well, if there is an emojwitch capable of distilling that gif's true essence, I will eat my hat
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and to be clear I have only one hat and I really like that hat so this is a high stakes situation for me
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it isn’t a hat, problem solvedpic.twitter.com/QU9oc4Cqk2
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Replying to @zeynep
unfortunately you have deepened my hat predicament, now i risk losing the hat to either digestion or surrealtwism and i am adrift
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i would love learned guidance on this but tbh i feel like there just aren't any academics working on truly deep questions like this - yknow, existential risk and loss engendered by social media
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