Sarah T. Roberts, Ph.D.Feb 19, 2023

I keep forgetting I’m around a lot of new people here and people don’t know basic facts about me like I have two degrees in information science and have mostly taught in library and information programs my whole career. It’s fine, it’s just jarring and weird.

(Is it me or is there a lot more mansplaining on this web site, too?)

Show threadSarah T. Roberts, Ph.D.
Like I don’t need basic pedagogy advice and I don’t need basic info about libraries. I was asking colleagues/academic librarians for the state of the art. Some folks I don’t really know are just trying to tell me how to be a professor or introducing research to students 101. I guess I have to be more precise in what I ask, or something. Or just ignore the (as my bff calls it) “dishelpful” responses. Meanwhile, people I’ve been engaging with for ages are giving helpful answers - thanks!
Feb 19, 2023 at 2:51amWeb
Show threadbsky: @daniloc.xyzFeb 19, 2023

@ubiquity75 so real, and this gets into a fundamental fuckup of social technology broadly:

People don’t understand when they aren’t the audience

and the UI promotes a misleading narcissism where some people (men) then assume they are the audience for EVERYTHING. On Twitter, Erica Baker is a masterclass in pre-scoping all the dishelpful categories she doesn’t want responses in

Show threadSarah T. Roberts, Ph.D.Feb 19, 2023
@danilo lol. Thank you for picking up and running with “dishelpful!”
Show threadbsky: @daniloc.xyzFeb 19, 2023
@ubiquity75 naw, "dishelpful" is a fundamental BREAKTHROUGH in mansplain theory, hat's off to your bff
Show threadSarah T. Roberts, Ph.D.Feb 19, 2023
@danilo He coined it after finding that “unhelpful” was too passive.
Show threadbsky: @daniloc.xyzFeb 19, 2023

@ubiquity75 right, it really captures the disruptive, furniture-humping-terrier vibes

"oh, no one trained you to act right”