Brian  Nov 30, 2022

The greatest #academia hack I ever learned is to just email the author of a paper if you don't have access to the journal.

I found an article I wanted to read for a project, but the publisher wanted $60. I found the author and got a pdf in my inbox a couple hours later.

Show threadsofticecreamlesleyDec 1, 2022
@brianb This is what I loved about Twitter. It was so easy to find and tweet at academics to get papers. In my case, they were always so pleased someone was interested.
Show threadcytokine_stormDec 1, 2022

@softicecreamlesley @brianb

I feel like we could achieve the same on Mastodon with the judicious use of hashtags.

Since you can directly follow hashtags it would be a great way to get to exactly the topics you want.

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@cytokine_storm @brianb More like I could look up a certain person’s name and easily find them to ask.
Dec 1, 2022 at 11:40pmWeb
Show threadcytokine_stormDec 2, 2022
@softicecreamlesley @brianb ah, you need the network effect of everyone on the same platform.