LRT When people were complaining about what academic twitter was posting at the start of the pandemic, I thought back to how I curtailed my Twitter usage during Ferguson because it was so depressing to see folks acting on here like nothing was happening.
I think for me though we don’t really share all the things, for academia it if how the platform gets used. The weird push from unis to academics about advertising their work, then compounded by a refusal to see the platform as that street really is so stark for me.
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I get what you're saying here. My main reason for being here has always been to connect with other Black women in the academy. And it still is. For lots of reasons, I don't feel pressure to think a/b the platform as useful for me beyond that. +
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In other words, I am not here because I think my institution wants me to promote my work (though I obviously tweet a lot about what I'm writing and reading). I felt isolated on my campus, and there were all these amazing Black people here who helped me feel less alone.
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Rationally, i knew/know that everyone is here for different reasons and what we show here is just a fraction of our real lives and investments. But....