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DrEvanGowan ,
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Since I am planning to delete my Twitter account soon, I am slowly deleting every post I made manually, so I can see what I posted (I also do not trust that they will delete the posts if I delete the account). A large portion of my replies are congratulating people on things like their newly published paper, graduating, getting a grant, etc. These kind of posts are what I miss about Twitter, and I hope more people come and post their successes on Mastodon.

yetiinabox ,
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@DrEvanGowan
...and congratulations on your decision to let go of Twitter!

The Fedi is patchy --some parts do already have a warmer sense of solidarity, and I certainly see "I finally published that article" posts followed by "yaay!" on a daily basis. That kind of trust builds up slowly.

DrEvanGowan OP ,
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@yetiinabox I have been effectively off Twitter since last November. I agree, the vibe is much nicer! But, I would say there are far fewer academics. They will come, I think. :)

gpollara ,
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@DrEvanGowan
What do you think is the best way to encourage more academics to switch?

I don't know the answer, nor do I think people should be actively persuaded. Maybe just creating an inviting alternative environment on Mastodon is enough, but the risk there is you never reach a network effect / gravitational pull.
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Live tooting from conferences, celebrating publications, circulating calls, putting out the word on jobs...all the stuff we used to do over there! And also, the more difficult bits - calling out abusive profs happened in significant part on Twitter, as did the formation of alternative informal networks.

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