Using Social Media The use of social media (SoMe) has become more widespread at medical conferences, whereby attendees report events and talks throughout the day. Dr. Daniela Guerrero Vinsard, a third-year GI fellow at Mayo Clinic, shares that her work was declined for presentation when submitted for the first time to a GI conference. Declarations Conflict of interest Joseph Sleiman, Nikki Duong, Elizabeth S. Aby, Daniela Guerrero Vinsard, Rashmi Advani and Mohammad Bilal have no conflict of interest related to this manuscript. As social organisms, humans value personal and collegial interactions above almost every other form of communication. [Extracted from the article]