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BrikoX Aug 16, 2023

Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty

Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty - Lemmy.zip

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1522825 [https://lemmy.zip/post/1522825] > Archived version: https://archive.ph/AGdRE [https://archive.ph/AGdRE] > Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230816144902/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230816144902/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0]

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WarmSoda

They move fast. Only 8 months after the obvious.

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Aimhere Aug 16, 2023

Thanks, Elon. This is why we can’t have good science.

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RBG Aug 16, 2023

Scientists are not fast at abandoning established ways of communication. I mean they still publish the same way as a century ago, its just now digital too. It took a whole friggin’ pandemic for life science researchers to embrace the concept of pre-prints. 8 months to move from twitter sounds almost fast.

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Sinister [none/use name, comrade/them]Aug 16, 2023

In STEM fields communication with others is key in improving your research. It is not easily to rebuild these “links”. Since Twitter was the biggest hen in the henhouse, it was a forgone conclusion.