> Consider for a moment the impression that you make when you say that some people you know, when they're not publishing on NeurIPS, are on social media dogpiling on someone who criticises their work. That's not researchers any more, but common social media trolls.
Twitter for the past decade plus has really publicized and amplified these petty, close-minded academic cliques. It's pretty disgusting to watch for someone who was also a PhD student eyeing an academic career once.
Yes, this kind of behaviour is keeping people away from research, except for the ones who are fine with it which of course ends up encouraging the bad behaviour. I'm sorry to see the disappointment evident in your comment.
Twitter for the past decade plus has really publicized and amplified these petty, close-minded academic cliques. It's pretty disgusting to watch for someone who was also a PhD student eyeing an academic career once.