The academic community erupted in response to Elon Musk taking over Twitter (now X), with many anticipating an end to Academic Twitter. Two years later, we're still here. So...?
Great article! Thank you so much. I have been on academic twitter / AcademiX for a while and heard a lot about the rumours, but was too late to experience the old version of it myself.
In my experience since Musk took over things are more regulated. e.g. i cant mention substack accounts or the post will get effectively blocked. In that sense the loss of free speech is already lost to an extent.
Keep up the good work with this newsletter, Marina!
When you cite "misinformation," are you referring to scientific voices discussing topics that vary from a particular narrative or your narrative? Or, are you referring to the crackpots?
How can you accurately distinguish a scientific voice with a different interpretation of the data from a crackpot?
Just curious, have you also accounted for the rise of AI chat and its implications on misinformation and other phenomena... the concurrence with departure seems interesting and perhaps correlated but may also be causative... good social science (which is rare) demands these kinds of questions.
Great article! Thank you so much. I have been on academic twitter / AcademiX for a while and heard a lot about the rumours, but was too late to experience the old version of it myself.
In my experience since Musk took over things are more regulated. e.g. i cant mention substack accounts or the post will get effectively blocked. In that sense the loss of free speech is already lost to an extent.
Keep up the good work with this newsletter, Marina!
When you cite "misinformation," are you referring to scientific voices discussing topics that vary from a particular narrative or your narrative? Or, are you referring to the crackpots?
How can you accurately distinguish a scientific voice with a different interpretation of the data from a crackpot?
Just curious, have you also accounted for the rise of AI chat and its implications on misinformation and other phenomena... the concurrence with departure seems interesting and perhaps correlated but may also be causative... good social science (which is rare) demands these kinds of questions.
Great article, very insighful. The shifting dynamic of academic twitter has been a concern for my team too.