Something really is happening here. Sci-twitter was a phenomenon and a loss. The stunning recent growth of Sci-sky shows how much we value this form of connectivity. - ThreadSky

richardsever.bsky.social • 113 days ago

Something really is happening here.

Sci-twitter was a phenomenon and a loss. The stunning recent growth of Sci-sky shows how much we value this form of connectivity.

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nicfall.bsky.social•113 days ago

I’ve been trying so hard to see if there’s been a mass exodus of users off of Twitter post-election, I know at least 3 scientists (4 including me) that deactivated their account this week, but I think the info isn’t public 🧐

salinger.bsky.social•112 days ago

Sci-sky has more of a ring to it too.

seanstrife.bsky.social•113 days ago

I think it speaks to the quick growth of this platform after the academics and the Swifties jumped over that... we're all just tired of the toxicity and fighting.

stevenalopez.bsky.social•113 days ago

💯 this is exactly how I feel. I hated being on Twitter and effectively supporting Elon but I didn’t want to lose the community! Yay for Sci-sky!

callistamoonrise.bsky.social•113 days ago

Scientists were one of the first to leave. It's like drinking a long cool glass of water being able to have a reasonable conversation with experts her. It is something wonderful. Love the Starter Packs.

mads100tist.bsky.social•113 days ago

It's so very true. It's amazing

elisafadda.bsky.social•113 days ago

Yesss!! 💯👏🏻 This really feels like a good go! 💪🏻

scekker.bsky.social•113 days ago

Absolutely. Sharing curated scientific advances is awesome

mmmpetrichor.bsky.social•113 days ago

I’m feeling the moniker “sky-sci”

roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social•112 days ago

Yup the scientific community is moving over!

effenephrinemd.bsky.social•112 days ago

It is really beautiful.
I joined X in 2020 and followed other docs and researchers on covid. We shared info and insights and in the early days when no one knew anything those connections saved lives. I have the same X and the same follows but now the algorithm only shows me insane nonsense.

natesjacobs.bsky.social•113 days ago

100% I have not connected with this many researchers and schol comms folks since twitter. Am tentatively optimistic that this is going to be the new home!!! Didn’t expect the Butterfly for the win haha

mikefeigin.bsky.social•113 days ago

I’m so happy. Finally feel like I can dump the other place for good.

geogramblings.com•112 days ago

👏 👏

owenmuir.bsky.social•112 days ago

Scientists love scatological posting and robust debate. Good to see you, @richardsever.bsky.social

benneely.com•113 days ago

I enjoy the ☀️ icon for the new users… cause it’s nearly all of them! We definitely have a movement here (easily by Arlo Guthrie metrics)

matthewcobb.bsky.social•113 days ago

🎵🎵You don’t know what ypu’ve got till its gone 🎶

richardsever.bsky.social•113 days ago

Yep - and maybe we should be reassured it is the people not the platform given the rate with which the network is being recreated here - Lots of “I followed you there, reach out” skeets

batcatca.bsky.social•113 days ago

I feel we should refer to it as Skyience, not sky-sci, but that might make astronomers and astrophysicists mad.

sanjyot.bsky.social•112 days ago

Being a Ph.D. student, joining this app has been refreshing. I actually feel encouraged to share my thoughts, without worrying about getting bombarded with useless information. Science is fun, when it is collaborative!

metasynthesis.net•113 days ago

You deserve some credit for moving before this recent wave.

hemlockautumn.bsky.social•112 days ago

Sci-sky sounds awesome tho.

amacbride.bsky.social•113 days ago

The community here is amazing; I had just started using SciTwitter right before the Unpleasantness started, so this feels like a miraculous second chance.

mragsac.com•113 days ago

It’s crazy how engaged everybody is too?! 🥹 Its also been fun looking at posts other disciplines of science plus other non-science communities without that many trolls or ads on the feed 🙌🏽✨

bronagain.bsky.social•113 days ago

It’s incredible. Still wondering if it’s real. I never found it on Twitter as it was already a dumpster fire when I paid attention. But I’m so happy to see this community here!

richardsever.bsky.social•113 days ago

And for those looking for new and interesting ppl to follow, check @mjafreeman.bsky.social “s timeline, in which he’s assembled a host of great biology starter packs

richardsever.bsky.social•113 days ago

Finally, repeating [sorry] for all the newbies here, @bsky.app is a great way to track @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social papers - lots of subject feeds posting all papers https://connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/09/27/biorxiv_expands_on_social_platforms

louwoodley.bsky.social•113 days ago

Totally agreed that there’s a real sense we’ve been missing this. And fascinating to see the opportunity for a second attempt - doesn’t often happen this way.

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