[rirarobo]

I believe ICLR guidelines require the authors to submit papers and any supplementary materials (including links to webpages, videos, etc) without identifying information, but authors are not barred from public announcements on other forums. IIUC, the idea behind this policy was originally to accommodate author freedom to engage in common practices such as simultaneous submission to arxiv (which identifies the authors). To respect the double blind spirit of review, reviewers are asked not to actively search the web in attempt identify the authors. In the past, when social media promotion was less common, it was reasonably likely that reviewers would follow this guidance and would not have seen the arxiv submission, preserving the double blind nature of review in most cases. However, the use of social media in academia has radically changed in recent years, as more researchers use social media to keep up with the latest advancements, so promotion of papers in submission on platforms like Twitter can offer significant advantages to authors.

So, authors today often submit anonymously following the conference guidelines, but simultaneously post publicly elsewhere, walking a fine line as not to overstep the conference policies. This appears to be the case for this submission. Note, recently, some conferences, such as CVPR, have started to institute new policies forbidding social media promotion until acceptance, as they adapt to the changing landscape of social media promotion. If this were a CVPR submission, the authors would not be allowed to tweet publicly about their work yet, nor have the version of the webpage with their names visible.

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Thanks, appreciate explanation - maybe it’s me, but found it odd, didn’t know what to make of it. Maybe it’s me, but if there not against authors posting with their identity public elsewhere, they should just have a button you’re able to click, a call warning, and then get to see the authors.