The recent deluge of positive press BS gets is somewhat suspect. BS seems to be following the same route as pre-X Twitter clones did in that those who either go

The recent deluge of positive press BS gets is somewhat suspect. BS seems to be following the same route as pre-X Twitter clones did in that those who either got banned (pre-X Twitter) or decided to abandon (post-Trump election X) Twitter/X are often ideologically driven. Where this means platforms like Gab and Parler took in a large number of guns & god types it means that BS is taking in the pronouns brigade, the perpetually oppressed, victimhood fetishists and more. This has the effect of turning these platforms into echo chambers for the 'right' (Gab etc.) and 'left' (pre-X Twitter and now BS). An echo chamber is a lousy place to discuss science since all you'll hear is yourself, repeated endlessly. Science (the magazine) should know that but it, like Nature and Scientific American [1] has abandoned the principle of keeping its editorial/political bias at a minimum. [1] https://x.com/michaelshermer/status/1857610335005630769 https://x.com/michaelshermer/status/1857610335005630769