'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
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Bottom Line: IMPEACHMENT. That is the only “MEDICINE” We The People have to focus on.
C’mon people, let’s be Real!
The SCOTUS which is the ONLY remedy to the stop against this nightmare it’s all IN to control & Destroy the Checks & Balances of this corrupt administration. We NEED TO IMPEACH!
Considering that X can make any research announcement drop to the bottom of the algorithm - and does, in the case of anything to do with the climate crisis and, no doubt soon, vaccines - I'm not at all surprised.
X is just a racist dictator promoting platform that most Americans oppose
Information is key to a functioning democracy and x no longer does this it is a propaganda machine and nothing more that a place for the worst of America to gloat.
make America facist
many websites have yet to include a Bluesky link in their social media "share this" sections. Slowly changing, and I really like to highlight and thank those URLs that are doing this.
A lot of machine learning gets overrun by the few "aibros" that try to establish here that then quickly get added to a multitude of anti-ai blocklists if they don't make a distinction to not like AIBros.
That’s good for sure, but BS would sell off anytime to anyone, if the offer was good enough... Money is color blind, and people are comfortably soulless.
My academic-adjacent institution has left Twitter, and the rare books and manuscripts library is looking for alternative social media to replicate the scholarly engagement and peer networking that Instagram isn’t going to offer. 1/2
I’ve been voting for Bluesky but colleagues are either indifferent or contrarian. The institutional communications manager has suggested LinkedIn, which I’ve never used. Would love to hear thoughts on this from others, very gratify for any signal boosting 🙏 2/2
The ones I know personally in Australia joined Twitter under a degree of pressure from their proprietors with an aim of achieving exposure and subscribers via 'clickbait'. Personal vs employer sanctioned posts can become tangled.
Mine too. I like to communicate through messenger. I don't care about the rest of the bullshit. You can't post anything without MAGAts making something political.
If only! The only reason I still have a FB account is for Marketplace, and even that could be replaced if more people decided to sell their stuff elsewhere.
That is excellent news! I share ideas, practices, and resources for digital-age qualitative researchers in my (free) newsletter "When the Field is Online." This month: reflexivity. https://tinyurl.com/4vmwecmc
wait til it emerges the Muskrat is sifting thru twitter posts looking for DEI keywords, anti Felon/Muskrat remarks, etc and supplying those poster's addresses to US Marshals/CBP
I feel conflicted every time I say this bc a) I neither work for or have finances invested in Bluesky and b) think all social media is inherently problematic (but/bc it's effective at information dissemination), but I am genuinely baffled each day that Xitter is still used by so many people...
ScienceX, since they're usually pretty good about summarizing things like scientific papers or just generally reporting on studies without engaging in sensationalized language.
Ha. Deleting my X account of over 12 years (I think?) felt great. I only did it recently too. I know Musk could care less, but I care about not being connected to his bitch ass more than necessary. Platform is very ugly and rampant with misinformation.
If Bsky can continue to keep nazis and alternative facts and fake science away … it will be a new dawn for social platform
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An errant post on X may have just shaken the stock market, showing how influential — and unreliable — the social media platform can be …
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This is good to hear. There's no horde of bots or trolls here jumping on posts like that to discredit them.
I said before, why would anyone publish anything on that place if it's just going to get unfairly trashed?
I don't think corporate media lords like it as much. You still don't see the little butterfly on YouTube. Given the way the CEOs feel about the left, that's not surprising.
I'm okay with the "share bar" fading into obscurity because at this point most places have automatic embedding so the only service that a dedicated share button does is leave a digital trail for advertisers and data brokers to track.
My feed on Twitter has literally been nothing but rage bait and cool posts with the comment section flooded with right wing blue check marks. I’m glad more people are finding this app to be of better use
Are people still on X? If u read this and u are still on X then u are responsible for keeping it alive. It means u are a piece of shit. Is it about monetization. As long as u make cash it doesnt matter if its ruled by ElonTheFelon?
Some people are on X because they want to reach out to people with different viewpoints. It may not work but that is their goal. Some of those are also on Bluesky but not all as it’s hard to engage on 2
Platforms.
I’m not disagreeing. I’m just reporting what I heard on why some people aren’t leaving.
I suspect money is not the issue for X given the owners resources, ego, and narcissism. But less posters means it has less influence.
Look for the feds to target Bluesky. They are targeting science and research in general, so it stands to reason that they would also root it out on social media platforms, as well.
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DOMINANCE.
YOU ARE DOMINATED.
DOM. IN. ATE. ED.
"Um. In what way?"
WITH RESEARCH.
BOOM.
C’mon people, let’s be Real!
The SCOTUS which is the ONLY remedy to the stop against this nightmare it’s all IN to control & Destroy the Checks & Balances of this corrupt administration. We NEED TO IMPEACH!
X-it….
Everyone who took a glance at recent history could foresee this.
https://youtu.be/Dp_hOP5B5dI?si=xpYNYiHHuqT-Vjsg
Information is key to a functioning democracy and x no longer does this it is a propaganda machine and nothing more that a place for the worst of America to gloat.
make America facist
https://bsky.app/profile/eicathomefinn.bsky.social/post/3lmegwjikts24
I would really enjoy seeing Schmuckerberg flattened!
Don’t want to lose contact with people, but would prefer a site that actually has standards and disinformation guardrails.
Sigh…
So, we're getting there...
https://bsky.app/profile/go-khan.bsky.social/post/3lmft7yx2c32y
@seanbrodrick.bsky.social
Scientist posts to Blueky - thx
If not, scientists on Twitter need to seek help
They didn’t believe me, we will also surpass 50 million, and eventually reach 100 million users and 150,000,000 million and so on……
Because this is just the place to be.
@jay.bsky.team @rose.bsky.team
Elon Musty must be STOPPED
BlueSky will thrive
Although it’s probably still being read by grok
"w00t! We're number one! EGGS!"
Bluesky was there to welcome them.
Common Sense
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An errant post on X may have just shaken the stock market, showing how influential — and unreliable — the social media platform can be …
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I said before, why would anyone publish anything on that place if it's just going to get unfairly trashed?
Block is fine, but reporting might get any offending account suspended.
It's all good.👍
Keep it going BlueSky!
Platforms.
I suspect money is not the issue for X given the owners resources, ego, and narcissism. But less posters means it has less influence.
https://bsky.app/profile/favstats.eu/post/3lle23bx4m22m