One of the things I used to use Twitter for was to help me get my thought-processes in order when writing research papers. There's something about the process of explaining research that's really helpful for writing-up that research. I'm finding Mastodon even more useful for that process. Perhaps because posts can be longer, & perhaps because the community here seems more hospitable to nerdy academics.
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@SteveCooke Feel free to work on stuff here, the more variety the better.
Also throwing ideas at other people to help make sense of stuff is great, wish i could do that more with people offline too.
@SteveCooke You can also reach out to a far more diverse groups, from other countries and cultures,. so get different perspectives I guess.
@zleap I work in a politics department with only a very tiny political theory group, so my opportunities to discuss philosophical work in progress are quite limited too. Plus, there's a feeling of loneliness that comes with that. Online spaces help.