AI6YR Ben"Twitter is rapidly becoming a hellscape for climate scientists who not long ago relied on the platform to spread the word about their work. ...A study released in March by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue found that “fringe climate denialist websites have gained a foothold in online conversation with thousands of daily mentions on Twitter by highly followed climate-denying actors, pundits and outlets.” " #climate #birdsite #disinformation #twitter https://www.publicnotice.co/p/twitter-climate-disinformation-musk-michael-mann
Chad Briggs@ai6yr No kidding. I moved to Mastodon in November, locked down my Twitter account and finally deleted it. But I used to rely on Twitter for meeting people who normally wouldn't engage with my climate work. Now the deniers have bigger platforms than the scientists.
@chadmbriggs Yep. I have not been posting there, but I have retweeted some satellite imaging of fires in Alberta/etc recently where people have cc'd me, and it's a litany of trolls who reply... I go over there and block a dozen deniers at a time. It's awful...
bmaz@ai6yr Oh what a load of shit. Climate scientists should post their work everywhere and quit whining.
@bmaz I dunno, you like death threats? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01018-9
@ai6yr I dunno, you think anybody is going to see their work on this shit Mastodon site?
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The Atlantic: Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network