Holly šŸš€āšœļøAug 16, 2023
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty
-A Nature survey reveals scientistsā€™ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.
Of note:
ā€œThe most popular alternative social-media site that respondents mentioned opening accounts with was the free, open-source software platform Mastodon.ā€
And thatā€™s how I met u wonderful folksšŸ˜
#science #stem #scicomm
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty

A Nature survey reveals scientistsā€™ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.

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@absolutspacegrl It would be interesting to see scientists not just ā€œbeing hereā€ but building something beyond that.

Running servers, connecting up wikis, blogs, publishing, etc.

Science is great, but it is best shared imho.

(Not implying that nobody is, because I am real good at missing stuff:))

Aug 16, 2023 at 10:16pmWeb