GarethNov 21, 2022
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2022/11/19/requiem-for-a-tweet-is-there-a-future-for-the-academic-social-capital-held-on-the-platform/ This article about the way in which the social capital that depends on #Twitter can vanish in a moment, and what that says about the whole model of #SocialCapital is hugely relevant to lots of other fields of work right now - what is the point of, say, a #LocalAuthority, even a #ParishCouncil having followers on the bird site if they don't use the bird site any more?
Requiem for a Tweet – Is there a future for the academic social capital held on the platform?

As the real possibility of platform death looms for Twitter, Mark Carrigan reflects on the role of the platform as stage for the accumulation of academic social capital and urges academics, learned…

Impact of Social Sciences
Show threadMichelle Laverick MusicNov 21, 2022
@GarethTheBike I’m seeing this in my music scene. Lots of independent musicians who are heavily invested in Twitter for promoting gigs & recordings want to leave Twitter but feel they can’t because they are so dependent on it for their income
Show threadkarenNov 21, 2022
@michellelaverick @GarethTheBike yes, such a good piece, I imagine some therapists feel trapped by the same cycle, and it's easy, but not compassionate maybe, to say well no one should rely on one tool.
i do wonder tho whether musician or therapist how you decide that tipping point into bots and trolls rather than audience has been reached
Show threadMichelle Laverick Music
@counsellingkaren @GarethTheBike yep. Any musician is going to be multi platform at the end of the day. Previously I was active on FB+Twitter & passive everywhere else. Now I’m active on FB+Mastodon. I’m going to keep Twitter but just for promo gigs & recordings until such time I can walk away altogether…
Nov 21, 2022 at 10:17amWeb