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Most of my hard science contacts (physics, biology etc) from my days in student government have moved to Bluesky. Newer academics seem to be starting out there

Most of my hard science contacts (physics, biology etc) from my days in student government have moved to Bluesky. Newer academics seem to be starting out there and skipping Twitter entirely. If you have heard of Metcalfe's Law, you'll understand why this is not good for Twitter long term. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe's_law

nomdep 1y ago
So Bluesky for academia and X for tech and everyone else. I don’t think X is in trouble. Scientist tend to form their own closed communities anyway.
- firefax 1y ago
  >Scientist tend to form their own closed communities anyway. Do you have a source for that?
- Sammi 1y ago
  It's like internet media is reaching a new level of maturity in that it is bifurcating into the tabloids and the serious magazines, like printed media was before.
  - tredre3 1y ago
    In your analogy I suppose bluesky is the serious one? Have you spent any amount of time there?
    - Sammi 1y ago
      They have the scientific community, so that's the direction they could be trending. But this is of course not settled yet.
- cmxch 1y ago
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  - firefax 1y ago
    >Well, they don’t like being challenged. who is "they"
    - cmxch 1y ago
      The BlueSky “scientific” community. If they can’t withstand the pressure of actual public interaction, their research isn’t worth legitimizing.
      - sidibe 1y ago
        Thankfully X isn't any more of an indicator of the "actual public" than bluesky
        firefax 1y ago
        Unfortunately, when the silent majority stay... silent, their opinions go unmeasured and the vocal minority becomes "the public".
- bigyabai 1y ago
  > X for tech SaaS, maybe. Tech, absolutely not.
cmxch 1y ago
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- michaelhoney 1y ago
  No, it’s because they’d rather talk to intelligent humans. X is populated by idiots and bots these days
  - consumer451 1y ago
    This reads like a flippant comment, but I believe it is actually entirely accurate. It could be stated less harshly, but it's true.
  - cmxch 1y ago
    So basically the usual BlueSky hugbox refrain.
- someNameIG 1y ago
  Since covid much of the biological academic people on twitter were getting violent threats from anti-vaxxers and anyone angry about science contradicting the proclamations of their deal leader Trump. Why would anyone with half a brain stay to experience that?

nomdep 1y ago

So Bluesky for academia and X for tech and everyone else. I don’t think X is in trouble. Scientist tend to form their own closed communities anyway.

firefax 1y ago
>Scientist tend to form their own closed communities anyway. Do you have a source for that?
Sammi 1y ago
It's like internet media is reaching a new level of maturity in that it is bifurcating into the tabloids and the serious magazines, like printed media was before.
- tredre3 1y ago
  In your analogy I suppose bluesky is the serious one? Have you spent any amount of time there?
  - Sammi 1y ago
    They have the scientific community, so that's the direction they could be trending. But this is of course not settled yet.
cmxch 1y ago
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- firefax 1y ago
  >Well, they don’t like being challenged. who is "they"
  - cmxch 1y ago
    The BlueSky “scientific” community. If they can’t withstand the pressure of actual public interaction, their research isn’t worth legitimizing.
    - sidibe 1y ago
      Thankfully X isn't any more of an indicator of the "actual public" than bluesky
      - firefax 1y ago
        Unfortunately, when the silent majority stay... silent, their opinions go unmeasured and the vocal minority becomes "the public".
bigyabai 1y ago
> X for tech SaaS, maybe. Tech, absolutely not.

cmxch 1y ago

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michaelhoney 1y ago
No, it’s because they’d rather talk to intelligent humans. X is populated by idiots and bots these days
- consumer451 1y ago
  This reads like a flippant comment, but I believe it is actually entirely accurate. It could be stated less harshly, but it's true.
- cmxch 1y ago
  So basically the usual BlueSky hugbox refrain.
someNameIG 1y ago
Since covid much of the biological academic people on twitter were getting violent threats from anti-vaxxers and anyone angry about science contradicting the proclamations of their deal leader Trump. Why would anyone with half a brain stay to experience that?