One positive that's come out of the recent SNS shake-ups is encountering new and deeply insightful voices I wouldn't have found in a more stable social network clusters/hierarchy. This article on letter writing philosophers, for example:
https://helendecruz.substack.com/p/letter-to-robin-waldun-on-reviving
Similar concept of less formal research letters is something I'd love to see revived for the modern age!
Letter to Robin Waldun, on reviving the early modern tradition of philosophical letter writing
To the Esteemed and Perceptive Eternal Student Robin Waldun I'm writing this elaborate salutation to be in the style of the letters I am about to discuss, philosophical letters by authors of the early modern period (roughly 1500-1800) by authors such…Helen De Cruz (Wondering Freely)