[HN Gopher] Like 'old Twitter': The scientific community finds a...
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       Like 'old Twitter': The scientific community finds a new home on
       Bluesky
        
       Author : epistasis
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2024-11-20 21:25 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | bovermyer wrote:
       | It's interesting to see this migration starting to take hold.
       | 
       | For myself, I initially chose to be most active on Threads, but
       | lately it's Bluesky that I've been gravitating towards.
       | 
       | Granted, I'm nowhere near as active on social media as I was a
       | decade ago. However, Bluesky does feel like "old Twitter," per
       | the article.
        
       | nailer wrote:
       | The title is misleading:
       | 
       | > "The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky"
       | 
       | Except from body:
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       | > In July 2023, Adam Kucharski asked his Twitter followers: what
       | platform do you think you will be spending the most time on a
       | year from now?
       | 
       | > ...
       | 
       | > although academics mostly stuck with X in the year after the
       | poll...
        
         | malshe wrote:
         | The year after that poll would be around July 2024. We are in
         | mid November now. Most of the growth BlueSky has seen is from
         | recent months.
        
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