Bit concerned this might all be a bit Open University on BBC2 (a reference that dates me pretty well)... polite doesn't need to be dull, any interesting conversations going on here?
@DavidHenig this is what’s missing isn’t it? People are sharing bios & papers which is good but there’s none of that dynamic debate that is so enjoyable over there. And why is no-one screaming about Musk’s incredibly damaging election tweet?
Twitter reaction: 🙀🙀🙀
Mastodon: 🥱💤💤
@ClaireJHartnell @DavidHenig
Well, it's something he did on the Bird Site, so obviously it's got more attention there. If you don't go there, you might not even know about it.
Added to this, there's the native ability there to share it directly, which helps to fuel rapid, angry reaction. And this place is deliberately far less about rapid anger.
But the only substantial exchange I've had here so far was on exactly that topic, and very scathing towards Musk.
I don't think it's fair to expect a small platform to have the same energy, especially when Twitter refugees are still tentatively building connections. Give it time.
