The final words that stuck with me in the @elizgerber Q&A were that "Society is designed to tell us and reward us to work independently, but the way to make a sustainable impact is to work collaboratively.".

Finding a therapist that works for you needs a lot of patience but once you find them, it’s a game changer.

I should clarify that it was meant for virtual conferencing; my mind just changed it to video conferencing :P It'll be intriguing to see receptivity included in AR/VR space too.

Overall, I really enjoyed thinking about the concept of receptivity being included in video conferencing. Thanks to @prof_ansell for their work and the great session :).

Something that would be interesting to explore on receptivity would be how to handle the conversation once the signal is given about (not) being able to take feedback. For example, if person A has signaled red, what should talking person B do rather than get offended?.

Relating to my research, including receptivity will be beneficial for triggering conversations:.- when sharing a sensitive story, do folks want feedback or not.- when someone is triggered, they can signal to stop talking about that particular topic.

For people pleasers, it would also help signal politely to the other person that "I cannot handle this conversation right now.".

Personally, not good with conflicts🙈, an idea as simple as using color coding to signal if the other person is comfortable hearing criticism or if I should talk about it when they are open to feedback, would help me be more aware of boundaries.

Overall, really grateful to have attended @elizgerber's talk, and I hope to come back to the points shared in my career trajectory and personal mission :)✨.

Another key theme that Dr. Gerber talked about was on knowing when to withdraw from the problem and seeing the bigger picture of what’s needed for the project. Something Im learning to swallow as I (hopefully) will graduate soon, and someone else will take the lead on my project.

One of the insights I connected with the most was the challenge of working on a personal topic. Personal concerns become personal. This is what I am facing right now with my trigger warnings research going through a traumatic experience in my personal life.

To make sure the solution will work, trying to be humble by acknowledging tech is not the solution everywhere was a simple yet powerful insight mentioned. It is harder to digest, though, as computer scientists. Helps to have folks from different areas working on same problem.

It encouraged me when Dr. Gerber mentioned that in scoping the problem, making things personal helps motivate the work. This is something I am trying to do with my research direction on trigger warnings (TW).

Repeatedly asking "whys" like a toddler when working on a problem was a simple way to figure out if it was the right problem to work on. We all reflected the same with our research topics and it helped me bolster my motivations for working on trigger warnings research problem.

Keynote by @elizgerber at the @CHCI_VT 'CHCI 7th Annual Workshop on Big Ideas in HCI' was really thought-provoking and inspiring to listen to as a newbie researcher. Sharing some of my reflections from the talk on this thread:.

Currently doing thesis work around trigger warnings (TW) on social media, I realize as a researcher how tricky it is to separate personal triggers from analyzing user interviews on this topic. Makes one wonder what sensitive content moderators on these platforms go through.

@musxplore.

THIS.

RT @Dr_Meming: Me writing .