Michael MunnikJul 8, 2023

I had a really great time at #socrel23 - the annual conference of the Sociology of Religion Study Group for the British Sociological Association. I built a space for myself at conferences through tweets, and I did so this week.

We're not a huge group, but there were usually a few others who would engage, comment, etc, plus those outside the event keeping tabs through the hashtag.

Two things (in two more toots):
1) Engagement is down on Twitter
2) Next to nothing on Mastodon

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1) Engagement was down for tweeting during the conference. It echoes what I'm seeing just in general: my posts get fewer views and engagement, and people who might otherwise get stuck in just aren't. They aren't there. I think fewer people have outright left; more are just not checking in or taking part. It's ill health - the site is dying.
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2) I did think of posting in parallel on Mastodon - using this space more has been on my mind this week anyway. But I don't know how many if any Socrel members are on here and haven't had the time or energy to look for them yet.

I did a hashtag search for #socrel23 and saw one participant, Naomi Lawson Jacobs, shared their poster here as well as on Twitter. This is great and a place to start... but we're going to need more than two of us.