"The Failed Migration of Academic Twitter"
https://arxiv.org/html/2406.04005v1
Academic Twitter was great, & it breaks my heart that the community I found there has done so little to rebuild on Mastodon, even tho Mast is far better. I loved learning abt new research & pubs (& occasionally posting abt my own). A fair # of people migrated to Mast but most didn't stay, at least in my field of literary studies.
What can academics do to build & rebuild academic exchange on Mastodon?
#Academia @LitStudies
This entry was edited (2 months ago)
Albert Cardona
in reply to Robert Dale Parker • • •Post the kind of posts you want to see. Tell your colleagues. Email links to good posts to colleagues. Mention your handle in Mastodon in conference talks as a way to reach you.
All of that was done to promote Twitter, unwittingly. Now we can do it purposefully, until it becomes self-sustaining.
#Academia