The GradientNov 6, 2022

It appears that this instance is taking off! With that in mind, do folks have any suggestions as to governance or administration?

We are happy to run Sigmoid Social just as we have been running The Gradient for 4 years now, as a space for the AI community to communicate, share insights, and more.

But we are also open to not having total control!

Show threadMark RiedlNov 6, 2022
@thegradient @anamarasovic I’m interested in making sure that this instance can support the visibility of early-career scientists. I think people should be encouraged to share their papers with short threads—call them Tootorials—I was intending to make that suggestion Monday and try to kick it off.
Show threadThe GradientNov 6, 2022
@Riedl @anamarasovic great suggestion! Perhaps we should establish a set of instance-specific hashtags and conventions, including one for research threads. Will create a 'documentation' page somewhere soon...
Show threadAna MarasovićNov 6, 2022

@thegradient @Riedl +1 #tootorial 😍 Also hashtags for "slides/recording for a talk I gave", a new job announcement, etc? For many it is hard to improve their presence on social media as they don’t have much of their own work to share yet. Can we enable them to gain visibility by sharing their thoughts on other papers? Like a hashtag for “I read X, here are some thoughts”?

Perhaps we can have a github repo for the community guidelines/docs where people can open issues for their suggestions?

Show threadDaniel LowdNov 6, 2022
@anamarasovic @thegradient @Riedl I was thinking that something like #PaperReview or #MLPaperReview #PaperExplainer would be useful for discussing an interesting academic paper that you’re reading. I know, they’re boring hashtags, but better indicate academic papers as opposed to arbitrary tips and info.
Show threadMark RiedlNov 6, 2022
@lowd @anamarasovic @thegradient I like #PaperExplainer. (#Explainodon ?). I’d stay away from anything suggesting “review” because that implies judgement, which you probably don’t mean.
Show threadDaniel Lowd
@thegradient @Riedl @anamarasovic Also, we may want to use #PaperReview to complain about conference/journal reviews!
Nov 6, 2022 at 9:57pmWeb
Show threadMark RiedlNov 6, 2022
@lowd @thegradient @anamarasovic I’m extremely here for the complaining about peer review