Thread by @usnehal

This is why I rarely block people, except if flat out and repeatedly abusive or manipulative and not acting in good faith.

Super important to avoid overly curated feeds or echo chambers.

Keep feeding your mind new content. Challenge your assumptions.

vm.tiktok.com/ZMJsckb3x/

I am quicker to block anonymous accounts who engage in ad hominem - latter signals weak argument. Plus, if you dish it out, be ready to take it. If you lack the gonads (of any gender) to put yourself out there, I don't really respect you and have limited interest in your content

I do appreciate people who introduce me to new sources of data or new ways to look at data. Show me articles, evidence, analysis, and we have a conversation.

I don't (try not to) get elitist/snarky like some do to assert dominance/superiority.

I like to learn how others think.

One of the things I see on #MedTwitter is a lot of silos, cliques, and being quick to block. Some even send out lists of who to block.

I think that's a lost opportunity to understand what influences people who don't agree with you. What are the sources others trust?

Given the lack of diversity in #STEM and #medTwitter, it is easy to be completely out of the loop on what is going on with #blacktwitter yet #MedTwitter is full of article after article like

wral.com/study-shows-ap…

edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/vi…

abc7chicago.com/covid-19-vacci…

Frankly, if not for my having "met" @ShrimpLingSoup on Twitter I would not know half as much as I learned this year about the nuances, phrases, and other aspects of the Black experience, or what #healthcarehotties was about: thesource.com/2020/04/09/meg…

This is what I am here to learn. I only got engaged in this conversation when leading voices of #medTwitter or of #PROWD were anti-#healtharehottie, railing against it, w/out understanding the context. I too needed to be educated on this funding campaign.

https://twitter.com/ShrimpLingSoup/status/1256203042770255874?s=20

oops got the #healthcarehottie hashtag misspelled above. Or, I had NO idea there was a #blackmensmiling hastag until saw angry at docs/nurses smiling in a pandemic (very anti-#mentalhealth)

The "purest" thing on the internet? #MedTwitter hated it.

metro.co.uk/2018/02/04/bla…

This happens over and over and over. It is exactly this published by @Stanford - we have massive silos with strict boundaries and harsh judgment of "others" as well as people whose actually jobs it is to enforce harmful rules like below

*sigh*

It harms

ssir.org/articles/entry…

I see so many leaving #academia in real life. Also see it playing out on #SoMe in patterns of #communication described as "#SciComm" yet that violates many basic standards or best practices of both SciComm and #DEI

aamc.org/news-insights/…

#AcademicTwitter #academicchatter

What I love about #TikTok is that my feed actually does keep changing despite the algorithm-based content. I guess I keep interacting with a range of content. I loved being in NYC and the job that had me going between Bronx, Harlem, Queens/LIC, Brooklyn, the City, etc.

But in a world of algorithms teach the algorithm that you value diversity, want fresh, new content. The more you curate, block, interact only with your clique, the less exposure you have & the more you will be prone to being really, really wrong out of flat out ignorance

Even @ShrimpLingSoup
we only "met" because I engaged in a new space. More I engaged, I recognized she was dealing with #bullying common towards Black nurses, trainees, clinicians

This what I've tried to address as an executive
We NEED #BIPOC clinicians

hbr.org/2018/08/resear…

Love this. It’s true, we have so much to learn about certain cultures.

Once I started to learn more about Black hair culture, for instance, I had much better conversations with Black peers, families of patients, etc.

m.tiktok.com/v/690177138809…

This is a perfect explanation of how identity is multi-faceted and determined by the individual.

m.tiktok.com/v/690774964672…

This is another intersection of cultures: LGBTQ and SWANA through the lens of imperialism

m.tiktok.com/v/690035398434…

Which is exactly the intersection of identities that Salman Toor explores (and more)

whitney.org/exhibitions/sa…