Paper Skygest Team

yeah, DM or just replying here would be great, thanks!

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For those interested, here is our updated patterns list. Happy to make additions/changes

github.com/Skygest/Pape...

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We pick up all posts that pattern match the code here! github.com/Skygest/Pape...

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The exact patterns we use are here: github.com/Skygest/Pape...

Thanks for sharing -- at the moment, we capture any post that has a doi, links to a pdf, is from a large list of urls of journals/publication hosts, or has some "paper announcement" patterns. Newspaper links are a mistake; please send them to us!

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Let us know if we're missing anything systematically, and we're happy to tune the filters!

[This will be true for _new_ posts going forward but old posts from before this morning are still in our database and may be shown]

Update: we kept generic ".pdf" links to capture the long tail of papers, but now exclude courtlistener and other popular court case websites. let us know if there are other exclusions to explicitly consider adding!

Because Skygest currently picks up all pdfs, we know we include court cases and legal discussion. We are considering explicitly excluding such posts (e.g., courtlistener links). Please reply if you have a strong opinion in either direction or have other common false positives that we should exclude

Thanks for the feedback, can you share an example post that's not picked up? We'll edit the inclusion criteria!

Also -- if you'd like to continue using Skygest while having your data omitted from our research, that's totally possible! We'd still need to store some limited data about you in order to keep the feed working, but wouldn't include it in any analyses. Just let us know your preference :)

We've noted your Bluesky ID to remove your data from our dataset! For future reference for others, unfortunately Bluesky doesn't tell us when someone has pinned/unpinned the feed so we can't use that.

Thanks! yeah to reduce false negatives we currently include any pdf, which does unfortunately pick up judicial rulings. If there are specific urls that you can share that are commonly judicial rulings, happy to exclude them specifically!

Finally, we are always looking for feedback/suggestions :) For example, if we’re missing a type of paper post (not capturing a journal/conference url in your field), we are glad to make updates! cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

(2) We have launched a new tool: Paper Skygest Bookmarks! This is a list of posts about papers that you have liked. You need to like the post *containing the url*; it doesn’t matter whether you like the post while using Skygest.

Hi Skygesters! We have 2 updates.
(1) We are starting to do research to improve and study Skygest and want everyone on board! See our thread here for details regarding data and consent.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your rights as a subject in this study, you may contact the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Human Participants at 607-255-6182 or access their website at researchservices.cornell.edu/offices/IRB.

By moving forward and continuing to access Paper Skygest, you are consenting to participating in research; usage is voluntary. If you would like to opt out and remove your data while using Skygest, or if you have questions, you may contact us at paper.feed.bluesky@gmail.com.

We do not anticipate any risks from participating in this research. A benefit of this research is that the insights may be used to improve Skygest recommendations for yourself and/or other users :)

When you access Paper Skygest, we log your access with your Bluesky identifier and the posts we show you. We will retain this data indefinitely. Crucially, we don’t observe any other non-public data on post interaction, nor will make any individual access data public.

For example, we are interested in how incorporating discovery features such as posts from beyond your following list impacts user satisfaction and benefits of Skygest!

As we improve Skygest, we will conduct research based on usage! The purpose is to evaluate feed designs and improve academic experiences on Bluesky :) This thread contains key information regarding consent; full details are at skygest.github.io.

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