Katie Gach, PhD

My doctoral dissertation, "How to Delete the Dead", is now publicly available: proquest.com/openview/17bb7… I cover everything from pre-planning discussions about social media memorials, to the limitations of the 1-person:1-profile model of identity that manifest after a death.

@mitchellbyars Rules? We need donuts. Not rules.

@tamigraph Goodness I wish I could attend this!

@anamatics So bummed that I can't make it to CHI this year :( Your creative labor paper looks so good!

@jonathanstegall I hope I'm a decent ambassador for the place 😬

Whenever I turn on the TV and Kansas State is playing whatever sport, I think of @kzgach.

For those interested in science & religion, what’s your favorite film reflecting on these themes? (I stand by my endlessly controversial pick of Contact and will not be dissuaded ;)

@slaneritchie Contact would also be my first pick, but Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007) is in second place.

@danieljonce Hi Dan, I'm on the team at Meta that handles memorial accounts. Please feel free to reach out to me if this continues to be a problem.

Peace to you Michael. (Or, if a bot, your controller). I can only imagine the type of inner turmoil you must be experiencing to seek solace in trolling. You are a victim of a broken system.

My intro to philosophy class in undergrad was Nietzche and St. Augustine. That's it. I learned everything else from The Good Place.

@tamigraph Sucks so much, Tamara. I'll keep an eye out for things that might be a good fit for your significant skill and expertise.

(To be clear, "colleague" here refers to people in my academic and publishing circles. I never worked at Twitter.)

This shit again. Fun fact: my research colleagues at Twitter who were familiar with the needs and best practices for dead people's accounts? They were among the first people to be let go. @whatknows commented on this in 2019. Nothing was done. washingtonpost.com/technology/201…

Hmmm. I just had a bizarre experience, involving a global news organisation and a trillion dollar corporation. (I got caught in the middle, so... owch.) It’s not the sort of experience the people involved usually talk about in public… so I think I’ll talk about it in public. 🧵

@melissaanelli Thank you 💛

@_danielrosado I'm going to guess "Tiffany" fits that description.

@PeterWarrenUCF @NicoleNuckolls There is a large grad family housing complex in Boulder. The wait list is about 2 years.

@NicoleNuckolls Post doc salaries are definitely low, but Denver and other cities high rent is a huge contributing factor here. Campus should consider making affordable housing for grad students and post docs

The “free speech is under attack” narrative overlooks the bigger problems that content moderation are constantly fighting: violence/terrorism and exploitation of the most vulnerable. Our most basic safety is at risk.

When my daughter died and we posted her obituary people donated more than $600,000 for Dana-Farber — so much money (now almost $3 million) they started a new program for infants with brain tumors at the top cancer center in the world. TeamBeansFund.com

@FOS @TedLasso @USMNT Except when they’re from smaller towns. Then they’re on barns lol