Schedule & Plan: Autistica Webinar

[gedankenstuecke]

Summary

In recent meetings with Autistica we discussed presenting the progress on the content moderation policies and associated preprint in one of their webinars. We now heard back with some general advice for planning:

• Format:
  • Live webinars – we use Zoom Webinars for the event and Eventbrite for ticket sales (tickets are free)
  • 1- 1.5 hours, depending on our preference
  • Either between 12-2pm or 5.30-7.30pm.
  • Agenda: for a one-hour session: 5 minutes for introduction, 40 minutes presentation, 10-15 minutes for questions and a thank you to the audience.
  • Hosts and panellists: host & tech supports from Autistica and ideally at least one autistic collaborator
  • Should include audience involvement, e.g. through mentimeter for poll, word map, or something similar.
• Date:
  • Typically they host 1 webinar a month, next empty spot would be November. But they can be flexible if we want to do it earlier
  • Monday/Fridays are not recommended due to typically lower attendance

Deadline

~ mid-late august to schedule with enough advance notice

What needs to be done?

• Decide who wants to co-present on the work (@skfantoni & @JamesSCTJ would be obvious co-presenters given their key role in the moderation work)
• Pick a few potential dates/times to offer to Autistica
• Decide on 1 vs 1.5 hour slot
• Plan audience involvement
• Write title & abstract
• Prepare slides

Who can help?

• @GeorgiaHCA, @skfantoni & @JamesSCTJ
• Anyone else involved & interested in the moderation design

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Status

Date: Date now confirmed with Mercedes:

October 5th

Practice: 17:30 – 18:00
Webinar 18:00 – 19:00

For the interactive elements we brainstormed:

1. Asking people in a simple poll. Have you seen/been target of/reported inappropriate content online?
2. Word cloud: Which topics/things should be considered when making a moderation approach?
3. Moderation game: Give some (harmless) examples and ask people to rate green/amber/red

[GeorgiaHCA]

I agree an earlier date would be good - maybe we can also use it as a way to find people who might be interested in doing some user testing - in which case we should make sure we have what we need in place for that as well?

[gedankenstuecke]

I think that's a really great point, being able to use this for recruiting for the user testing would be user helpful.

@KirstieJane: @GeorgiaHCA & I also wondered if you had an opinion!

[gedankenstuecke]

Following a joint meeting with @skfantoni & @GeorgiaHCA I will suggest two potential options:

1. Wednesday, October 4th some time between 5:30-7:30pm
2. Thursday, October 5th some time between 5:30-7:30pm

For the interactive elements we brainstormed:

1. interaction: Asking people in a simple poll. Have you seen/been target of/reported inappropriate content online?
2. Word cloud: Which topics/things should be considered when making a moderation approach?
3. Moderation game: Give some (harmless) examples and ask people to rate green/amber/red

[gedankenstuecke]

Okay, we got a slot for October 5th, exact time in the pm to be defined!

[gedankenstuecke]

And time is fixed now as well: October 5th, 6-7pm. 🎉

[gedankenstuecke]

We also need to provide a title, abstract & short bios of the presenters. I've made a document to draft it here: https://hackmd.io/@gedankenstuecke/ry3h3SJC2

[GeorgiaHCA]

I'm working on the slides here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jn_JhZQQUWMHfxx4z3OtkUupw5DyWYkrUVLChWCq5sM/edit?usp=sharing

They are based mainly on this presentation on moderation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SGnUDP-bUQKIsjdKy9WxVZxQPSSjSZPoq0JKqeFk6vQ/edit#slide=id.g13363cbb8e4_0_5