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        1. I like academic conference live-tweet threads, and I’d love if there were more good ones. I’m not the best—that’s probably @arpitrage @arpitrage/1174945569724223489 —but I’ve done a bunch of conference tweeting and have some thoughts/tips if you’d like to try, too. A thread: 1/12
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        On the surface, I think a conference threads should help 1. Get the twitter audience into “the room where it happens” (with important caveats; see below) 2. Provide relevant reference and context 3. Remind *me* about the papers and discussion @lukestein/1203419958799028224 2/12
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      But you can have more subtle goals that are worth thinking about (and are also OK!); e.g., 4. Express appreciation to organizers, hosts, etc. 5. Advertise, incl. the papers (and your preferred interpretation of them), participants, and related work incl. your own 3/
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    I suggest 1–3 tweets per paper; longer than that and you’re more likely to lose the audience (and be too distracted from the conference!) If you want to do a longer thread about a single paper great; just quote-tweet back to your conference thread. 4/12 @lukestein/1229083990537183232
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      I like a single thread for the whole conference, written to ensure the first tweet on each paper can be standalone retweeted. I use @tweetbot because it lets you set up thread (as a “topic”) and post both live and pre-drafted tweets from Mac or iPhone. 5/ @lukestein/1228698842679242752
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        It’s important not to have the thread be a “word wall.” Include emoji, images, and ESPECIALLY links (to related tweets is better than to websites). Twitter advanced search twitter.com/search-helps helps with this, both before and during the conference. 6/12
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          I prepare before the conference, making a text file with the paper titles/authors (incl. Twitter handles for authors) and a folder with screenshots of the abstract for each paper. You *really* want to know how to take (and ideally edit) screenshots. @lukestein/1122512403978125312 7/12
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            You have to figure out whether taking and posting pictures of presenters’ slides is appropriate/useful. If so, consider a phone app that will straighten, crop, and adjust contrast. I use @scanbot but there are many others (e.g., OfficeLens 👇) 8/12 @arpitrage/1229478901262372864
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              A few final thoughts about POSITIVITY, PRIVACY, and EXCLUSIVITY. 9/12
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                Be VERY cautious posting anything that could be interpreted as negative (about paper, person, location, or conf logistics). I’m not saying never be critical on Twitter, but a thread written while prioritizing attention to the room is the *wrong* time for several reasons. 10/12
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                  In addition to the risk that you get your tone wrong, you may mischaracterize (your own or others’) views. And keep in mind that a conference room is only a semi-public place. People don’t necessarily expect that their slides, questions, etc. are “on the record.” 11/12
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                    We’re privileged to attend conferences—both academic and extra-academic components. Not everyone gets invited, nor can afford to travel. Showing the richness of “professional” experiences risks rubbing people’s nose in it. So at least stay positive! 12/12 @lukestein/1121885795999203328
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