ysabel
@ysabel.bsky.social
• qualitative social science academic researching tech + young identities
• new book out with @ucpress: THE KIDS ARE ONLINE https://tinyurl.com/jv33yjaf
• words in @guardian @WIRED @WSJ @glamour
• she/her
find me @ ysabelgerrard.net/home
• new book out with @ucpress: THE KIDS ARE ONLINE https://tinyurl.com/jv33yjaf
• words in @guardian @WIRED @WSJ @glamour
• she/her
find me @ ysabelgerrard.net/home
🚨 TW: suicide
It also assisted Adam with the methods he used. Although he bypassed ChatGPT’s safety measures by saying he was writing a story there are, in my view, clear instances in these transcripts where the tool overstepped, and dangerously so (see photo for an example).
It also assisted Adam with the methods he used. Although he bypassed ChatGPT’s safety measures by saying he was writing a story there are, in my view, clear instances in these transcripts where the tool overstepped, and dangerously so (see photo for an example).
August 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🚨 TW: suicide
It also assisted Adam with the methods he used. Although he bypassed ChatGPT’s safety measures by saying he was writing a story there are, in my view, clear instances in these transcripts where the tool overstepped, and dangerously so (see photo for an example).
It also assisted Adam with the methods he used. Although he bypassed ChatGPT’s safety measures by saying he was writing a story there are, in my view, clear instances in these transcripts where the tool overstepped, and dangerously so (see photo for an example).
🚨 TW: suicide
I am speechless after reading this article. The transcripts of Adam’s conversations with ChatGPT make it painfully clear he was leaving hints for people in his life to pick up on: something at one point ChatGPT discouraged him from doing (see photo).
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
I am speechless after reading this article. The transcripts of Adam’s conversations with ChatGPT make it painfully clear he was leaving hints for people in his life to pick up on: something at one point ChatGPT discouraged him from doing (see photo).
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
August 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🚨 TW: suicide
I am speechless after reading this article. The transcripts of Adam’s conversations with ChatGPT make it painfully clear he was leaving hints for people in his life to pick up on: something at one point ChatGPT discouraged him from doing (see photo).
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
I am speechless after reading this article. The transcripts of Adam’s conversations with ChatGPT make it painfully clear he was leaving hints for people in his life to pick up on: something at one point ChatGPT discouraged him from doing (see photo).
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
The risks of leaving your kids alone in a busy shop or in your garden are VERY different from the risks of navigating adult-populated spaces on the internet. They’re not necessarily better or worse, just different, and I’m not sure what the point of the comparison is tbh.
August 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The risks of leaving your kids alone in a busy shop or in your garden are VERY different from the risks of navigating adult-populated spaces on the internet. They’re not necessarily better or worse, just different, and I’m not sure what the point of the comparison is tbh.
A little ✨personal news✨ - I’ve been fairly quiet lately as my partner and I welcome our first child last month! She is utterly wonderful and we feel incredibly blessed.
May 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A little ✨personal news✨ - I’ve been fairly quiet lately as my partner and I welcome our first child last month! She is utterly wonderful and we feel incredibly blessed.
20(!!) years of YouTube.
April 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
20(!!) years of YouTube.
I confess I’ve been struggling with my social media use since I learned I was pregnant.
Despite dubbing myself an ‘expert’ on platforms in my work life and knowing precisely why this was happening, I still found it hard to digest the content I was being recommended via Instagram and TikTok.
Despite dubbing myself an ‘expert’ on platforms in my work life and knowing precisely why this was happening, I still found it hard to digest the content I was being recommended via Instagram and TikTok.
April 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I confess I’ve been struggling with my social media use since I learned I was pregnant.
Despite dubbing myself an ‘expert’ on platforms in my work life and knowing precisely why this was happening, I still found it hard to digest the content I was being recommended via Instagram and TikTok.
Despite dubbing myself an ‘expert’ on platforms in my work life and knowing precisely why this was happening, I still found it hard to digest the content I was being recommended via Instagram and TikTok.
Banned, you say? *buys instantly*
March 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Banned, you say? *buys instantly*
Please consider joining us for an online book launch on Tuesday 18th March 🫶🏼
March 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Please consider joining us for an online book launch on Tuesday 18th March 🫶🏼
See also cute share-worthy graphic:
March 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
See also cute share-worthy graphic:
As someone who lives in England, where the temperature is around one degree celsius, I cannot find the words to explain how therapeutic my current situation is for me 🇦🇺:
November 29, 2024 at 3:56 AM
As someone who lives in England, where the temperature is around one degree celsius, I cannot find the words to explain how therapeutic my current situation is for me 🇦🇺:
🥹 truly a ‘no notes’ situation for one of my undergrads.
November 28, 2024 at 7:55 AM
🥹 truly a ‘no notes’ situation for one of my undergrads.
Ok that was *brilliant*. I think we could’ve easily continued the Q&A for another hour :)
The four speakers presented in a lifecourse order, and we covered mothers’ smartphone use, the datafication of parenting, screen time, and pornography. I learned so much, both as a scholar and as a 🤰🏻 person.
The four speakers presented in a lifecourse order, and we covered mothers’ smartphone use, the datafication of parenting, screen time, and pornography. I learned so much, both as a scholar and as a 🤰🏻 person.
November 26, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Ok that was *brilliant*. I think we could’ve easily continued the Q&A for another hour :)
The four speakers presented in a lifecourse order, and we covered mothers’ smartphone use, the datafication of parenting, screen time, and pornography. I learned so much, both as a scholar and as a 🤰🏻 person.
The four speakers presented in a lifecourse order, and we covered mothers’ smartphone use, the datafication of parenting, screen time, and pornography. I learned so much, both as a scholar and as a 🤰🏻 person.
Very excited to be at the Digital Parenting #AANZCA24 panel this morning! A stellar line-up of exciting papers coming out of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child 🇦🇺
November 26, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Very excited to be at the Digital Parenting #AANZCA24 panel this morning! A stellar line-up of exciting papers coming out of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child 🇦🇺
Thank you so much again to the #AANZCA24 organisers for the kind invitation to be one of the conference keynotes, and to the audience for their attention and great questions + feedback 🫶🏼
November 26, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Thank you so much again to the #AANZCA24 organisers for the kind invitation to be one of the conference keynotes, and to the audience for their attention and great questions + feedback 🫶🏼
I tired it - it has been stuck on this for days, even after a full iPhone update! They ran out of battery before I realised I’d lost them 😞
November 18, 2024 at 10:35 AM
I tired it - it has been stuck on this for days, even after a full iPhone update! They ran out of battery before I realised I’d lost them 😞
My lovely friend got some kittens and I went to visit them 🥹
November 9, 2024 at 10:20 PM
My lovely friend got some kittens and I went to visit them 🥹
Sending love and luck to my American friends today 😞
November 5, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Sending love and luck to my American friends today 😞
When I say “it will feel very strange” what I mainly mean is I’ll presumably stop doing stuff like this
October 28, 2024 at 9:08 AM
When I say “it will feel very strange” what I mainly mean is I’ll presumably stop doing stuff like this
🚨 venue change for the #AoIR2024 plenary!
Shoutout to the best professional services colleagues in the world for spotting this and fixing it, super fast and without any drama 🫶🏼
Shoutout to the best professional services colleagues in the world for spotting this and fixing it, super fast and without any drama 🫶🏼
October 25, 2024 at 12:36 PM
🚨 venue change for the #AoIR2024 plenary!
Shoutout to the best professional services colleagues in the world for spotting this and fixing it, super fast and without any drama 🫶🏼
Shoutout to the best professional services colleagues in the world for spotting this and fixing it, super fast and without any drama 🫶🏼
As folks embark on their travels to #AoIR2024, here’s the forecasted weather (in celsius). Not exactly tropical but certainly autumnal 🍂🍃🍁
October 25, 2024 at 10:33 AM
As folks embark on their travels to #AoIR2024, here’s the forecasted weather (in celsius). Not exactly tropical but certainly autumnal 🍂🍃🍁
I feel so proud to announce that my first book - The Kids Are Online: Confronting the Myths and Realities of Young Digital Life - will be published in March 2025, by @ucpress.bsky.social 🫶🏼
October 21, 2024 at 11:45 AM
I feel so proud to announce that my first book - The Kids Are Online: Confronting the Myths and Realities of Young Digital Life - will be published in March 2025, by @ucpress.bsky.social 🫶🏼
i slept through it last time and sure wasn’t letting that happen again 🫶🏼
October 11, 2024 at 10:05 AM
i slept through it last time and sure wasn’t letting that happen again 🫶🏼
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #98,512!
September 19, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #98,512!