In some fields of science, such as physics and machine learning, I’m finding that Twitter has gotten only *more* important in the past few months. My principled refusal to use that platform is beginning to hurt me professionally; I’m missing out on important discussions (including about my own articles). I’ve had some great exchanges on Mastodon and value the relationships I’ve forged here, but, as much as it pains me to say this, it’s just not the same. What can we do to fix this?
@gmusser I would try to quantify that though. I don't know your work, but from your bio I gather you're well known in the field. Is this actively hurting your career or is it just FOMO (I'm just being a bit provocative for the sake of it here)?
Are you receiving fewer papers to review? Fewer invitations to speak? Grants rejected because you're not on Twitter? How is it hurting you?
Since I deleted my Twitter account I didn't see any effect, and I've been getting a cleaner feed here on Mastodon. It could simply be a matter of field, but I had some pretty interesting conversations here as well. Also, no character limits !
