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[–] VubDapple@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's a great idea but driving eyeballs there would be so difficult given how conservative academics can be with regard to where they prefer to communicate.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago

eh, given the choice between literal 'nazi filled cess pool' and this.... I think the academics know which would be better in the long run.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Twitter has been the medium of choice for a bunch of fields for years now. You don't see a lot of academic communication there because much of it is private to followers only to avoid harassment. Followers only Twitter started being a pretty normal thing maybe 10 years ago in response to right wing harassment of women, academics and anyone not conservative white and Christian.