Recent searches
Search options
Administered by:
@inquiline @Zeb_Larson whatever it is, the divide between academics who loved some earlier version of Twitter and want to recreate it and those who were never particularly drawn to Twitter and want something different is, I think, real.
It’s a shame many have left or are leaving, but maybe it will be easier to build something new without people trying to recreate the past. There are still many more academics who never use social media than were ever on Twitter. Let’s build with them in mind too
@UlrikeHahn @inquiline@union.place @Zeb_Larson
I'm pretty sure I'm doing Bsky wrong because I find it sparse and can't figure out how to gain some momentum on information, etc.
I was one of the academics who used Twitter a lot for public engagement and to counter mis/disinformation regarding education and COVID. I found it immensely useful to reach a larger and diverse audience and to connect with journalists and other academics. I don't think we will see that again - and I think that part of it is sad.
@prachisrivas @inquiline @Zeb_Larson I was on Twitter for about an 1 1/2 hours every day during the first two years of the pandemic because I ran the @SciBeh account for scibeh.org which tried to provide a high quality information stream on Covid for behavioural scientists, so I’m with you on the potential of Twitter/social media. But I think the move to bluesky is about something different: an earlier ‘fun’ Twitter, whereas I think I’d a like a better version of pandemic Twitter.
@prachisrivas @UlrikeHahn @inquiline I'm skeptical we'll see a replacement for Twitter because on the one hand, Twitter limps on, and then we have all of these other successors. Even best-case scenario, it will take a long time for a replacement to shake out.