Mark Riedl

Still trying to figure out the best way to use the affordances of this platform for discussing papers on #arXiv (that aren't my own). I went with a content warning to create a subject line of sorts, and screencap of the first page.

But maybe next time I won't use the CW function.

Nov 8, 2022 at 3:05amWeb
Show threadMark RiedlNov 8, 2022
The website and the apps seem to handle CW differently from a UI perspective.
Show threadswaroopNov 8, 2022
@Riedl what does CW mean here?
Show threadPavel SoukenikNov 8, 2022
@swaroop @Riedl Content Warnings. I saw the post first on Twitter which does not have content warnings so I was a bit confused what the post was about at first.
Show threadBlair MacIntyreNov 8, 2022
@swaroop @Riedl content warning
Show threadAndrew DrozdovNov 8, 2022
@Riedl is there a guideline for when to use CW? Can't tell if this is a sigmoid.social thing or more general practice for mastodon.
Show threadMark RiedlNov 8, 2022
@mrdrozdov Mastodon is generally pro-CW. Sigmoid.social hasn't been around long enough to have norms.
Show threadAndrew DrozdovNov 8, 2022
@Riedl Good to know! I found the notes here pretty informative about CW as well: https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/#why-are-content-warnings-everywhere
Notes from a data witch - Everything I know about Mastodon

A hastily written guide for data science folks trying to navigate the fediverse.

Show threadTechronic9876Nov 8, 2022
@Riedl I think for sigmoid you don’t necessarily need to use the cw. We’re always down for a good arxiv discussion
Show threadMark RiedlNov 8, 2022
@Techronic9876 Right, I was experimenting with using it as a flag, not actually that people need to be warned away.
Show threadTechronic9876Nov 8, 2022

@Riedl yeah I’m with you. My personal rule so far is anything ml/ai related just gets posted, but anything else will get a CW

One thing I’ve noticed, and it might just be the toot app, but the replies to a CW post are also CWed and I have to individually reveal them

Show threadEryk SalvaggioNov 8, 2022
@Riedl CW as content “hint” (to make the feed more scannable) is a nice one. But should be related to content not category yeah? Ie, not “Arxiv Paper” but “Arxiv Paper about (…)” ? I feel like these affordances are going to get hashed out eventually! :)
Show threadMark RiedlNov 8, 2022
@CyberneticForests Warning: this arxiv paper might shatter your beliefs about how transformers work.
Show threadEryk SalvaggioNov 8, 2022
@Riedl Helpful CW for any convolutional neural networks who might be reading