It can be hard to get a good signal/noise ratio on Twitter, but for me Twitter is also a net positive. Survivor bias? :)
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Replying to @kaiblin @Jade_Pickering
I dunno, but these people haven't even really used it so I can't really excuse their BS.
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Replying to @o_guest @Jade_Pickering
Trying to do anything useful on Twitter if you don't have an account can be daunting. But of course if you have no experience using it, how would you know it's a waste of time?
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Replying to @kaiblin @Jade_Pickering
Just to clarify, the people I have in mind in the OP have accounts.
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They just refuse to tweet. Because — you guessed it — it's not shown to be anything but a waste of time.
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Replying to @o_guest @Jade_Pickering
Also depends on when they started. For some reason my carefully curated list of scientists all started tweeting about politics in 2016. ;)
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I don't mind, because I decided to follow humans instead of PR accounts.
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Replying to @kaiblin @Jade_Pickering
Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ Retweeted KordingLab
I have been doing politics on social media since 2009. Also I never thought science was apolitical [true for both meanings of the word]. Science, like life, is rife with politics.https://twitter.com/KordingLab/status/934887132711317504 …
Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ added,
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Replying to @o_guest @Jade_Pickering
True, but there certainly are days where I prefer the random termite colony picture, or a Cordyceps zombie...
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I've not found twitter to be particularly enjoyable. If you're not part of some close knit group, you're simply ignored. Especially if your profile doesn't match an expected pattern.
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