robinsonmeyerFeb 8, 2023

Was talking to a reporter yesterday about how to learn the climate beat and realized I couldn’t confidently recommend that she do what I did anymore — follow a bunch of prospective sources, experts, and analysts on Twitter and try to understand the networks between them.

Between Twitter’s decay and the AI-ification of search engines, I’m not sure anyone is ready for how much the core mechanisms of primary-source discovery on the web could be about to degrade.

Show threadChris Nelder 🤘
@robinsonmeyer Agreed. But that's why we produced the @TransitionShow Energy Basics miniseries https://xenetwork.org/ets/category/energy-basics/?view=episode&order=desc&orderby=air_date&display=list and Climate Science miniseries https://xenetwork.org/ets/category/climate-science-miniseries/?view=episode&order=desc&orderby=air_date&display=list
They're highly structured and a great way to study up and get up to speed. Much faster than mining Twitter, actually.
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Show threadrobinsonmeyerFeb 8, 2023
@chrisnelder I’ll point her to them! But also my point was about more than just climate alone — it’s the real-life networks that Twitter once let reporters peer into that are now going dark.
Show threadChris Nelder 🤘Feb 8, 2023
@robinsonmeyer Yes, well, frankly, that's on all of them. It's been obvious for months that it would be far better for everyone if they all just migrated over here. Hopefully they'll come to their senses soon and start rebuilding their networks here. It would only take a few weeks if they just got off their lazy asses and did it. Maybe now they will...