Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty
A Nature survey reveals scientists’ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1522825
Archived version: https://archive.ph/AGdRE
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230816144902/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0
Mastodon is a good alternative.
Who would you recommend following in this space?
I mean everyone is different and it depends on your interests. But with Mastodon you can search for and follow hashtags like accounts, then explore users who post with those hashtags.
What are you interested in? :)
They move fast. Only 8 months after the obvious.
Scientists are not fast at abandoning established ways of communication. I mean they still publish the same way as a century ago, its just now digital too. It took a whole friggin' pandemic for life science researchers to embrace the concept of pre-prints. 8 months to move from twitter sounds almost fast.
Thanks, Elon. This is why we can't have good science.
In STEM fields communication with others is key in improving your research. It is not easily to rebuild these “links”. Since Twitter was the biggest hen in the henhouse, it was a forgone conclusion.