me: *screaming into the abyss"

the abyss: this could have been an email

Having been around for a little while, it's time for an #Introduction.

I am a quantitative social psychologist in #Birkbeck's Department of Organisational Psychology in #London. My research is mostly about intergroup contact and the (possible) benefits of diversity. I am passionate about open science and #rstats and am involved in building some research tools in that space. Looking forward to connecting here!

#psychology #SocialPsychology #IOpsychology #OpenScience #RStats @socialpsych

***BEWARE SPAM IMPERSONATORS***
Hi everyone! Please know that there are spam accounts impersonating people with large followers and popular posts that are REPLYING DIRECTLY TO YOU asking you “do you follow my personal discussion forum?” with a link to some fake website. I’ve seen a few just today and had not before.

Please report them and block so your server admins can permanently block them! Don’t click on the link either!

***Please BOOST to spread awareness*** And yes I’m real! 😂☺️

Jan 31: #Mastodon How-To For Activists, Organizations & Movements

With hate speech taking over Twitter, many of us are tired of our vulnerability to the whims of corporate-owned social media. Join this free 2-part training run in collaboration with the @openrightsgroup. Basics to advanced topics including setting up a movement server. https://socialmovementtechnologies.org/mastodon-how-to-for-activists-organizations-movements-jan-31-feb-2-2023/ #HumanRights #RacialJustice #Politics #SocialJustice #ClimateChange #BLM #TwitterMigration #Introduction #IranRevolution #StandWithUkraine

Thanks to @Jacob there is now an official list of #SocialWork practitioners on Mastodon. Add your name and say a bit about yourself or browse the list to discover peers!

Add yourself https://forms.gle/jK1JswjiYyJAfwnQ6

Browse the list https://bit.ly/3Id8ZLb

Other lists https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon/

#LCSW #BSW #MSW #NASW #SocialWorker #SocialJustice #CaseManagement #SocialService #ChildWelfare #Charity #Counselor #MacroSW #ChildProtection #SocialRights #SocialPolicy

On #scienceTwitter, my favourite thing was reading and, on rare occasions, writing "paper/preprint threads". From the researchers I followed and through the #Twitter algorithm, this became my most important source for new #research.

While people start to do the same on #Mastodon, I have the feeling that I miss important work bc no algorithm "saves" it for me if I don't watch my timeline constantly.

Two simple solutions would be: a commonly accepted hashtag that everybody uses when writing "paper threads" or an [...] @ a.gup.pe group with a similar adaptation rate.

#Question 1: is there already a mechanism for this that I missed?
#Question 2: What hashtag or group name?
I saw #TootPrint before. Maybe #PaperInAToot? #PaperInAPost? #PaperInAThread? #PaperPost? #MastoPrint?

Suggestions and boosts, please, we need reach for this! 🤓​

#TwitterMigration #Science #Scientist @phdstudents @academicchatter @neuroscience @cognition