Bastian Greshake TzovarasAug 17, 2023

I guess it's great that 46% of scientists have joined other social-media platforms following Twitters self-destruction (though lol, for LinkedIn being the 2nd most frequently joined one 😂). But only 7% have stopped using Twitter altogether? That's quite depressing!

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 scientists’ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.

Show threadPhilip Bett-Williams 👨‍💻

@gedankenstuecke I'm pretty much read-only on Tw now, and only when I get notified that particular accounts have posted. So I can't say I'm off it "entirely".

I still see more interesting things in my Tw feed than here TBH.
But then I'll see advert after terrible pointless advert, and long chains of bile-filled hatemongering replies, and I close the app really quickly...

Aug 17, 2023 at 10:31amWeb
Show threadBastian Greshake TzovarasAug 17, 2023
@pbett yeah, I think to make Mastodon work for the “discovery of interesting things” one needs to follow a larger set of people compared to twitter, as twitter would just cover up for it with the algorithmic inclusion of content (that was always hit & miss as you describe!)