So I don't use anything other than this, LinkedIn, and (barely) Facebook, but I have the logins for an org's account on Twitter and BlueSky. Sometimes I help keep it active by RTing something or making an announcement or whatever.
This week Twitter is a shitshow of conspiracy theories and BlueSky is starting to emulate the same discourse patterns that I hated on academic Twitter.
I'll just stay here. And honestly I've enjoyed not using social media as much overall.
@cnsyoung I'd be interested in knowing more about those patterns in academic Twitter/Bluesky...
I didn't use Twitter until recently, and I quickly stopped because it's all the misinformation/hate floating around. So I never experienced academic Twitter in it's prime.
@IvanRManuel When it was good it was great. You could get help on issues or run into stuff you wouldn't have otherwise seen. I met a lot of cool people there, and thankfully some of them are also here or I talk to them in other spaces.
Near its worst it was preachy and just a lot of bickering, like middle schoolers being mad someone sat with someone else at lunch. (At its worst it was system justifying and/or silent about important issues.)
Crystal Steltenpohl
Ivan 🌞🔋🦙