Of all people I’d expect scientists to have learned the lesson of Twitter and embrace fediverse
“Scientist” is just another job. The people who work these jobs are no magic. Many are not even scientists in any meaningful sense.
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Mihies@programming.dev 1 day ago
But why? Of all people I’d expect scientists to have learned the lesson of Twitter and embrace fediverse 🤷♂️
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 hours ago
it reaches more people, like XITTER did.
Mihies@programming.dev 1 hour ago
That’s the usual excuse, but at what price? 🤷♂️
Loid@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
The price is the eventual migration to another platform in the next 5~10 years
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 day ago
Most people aren’t that bright. Even people who are experts in one field or another.
But more than that, most people don’t care about things. They don’t know how platforms work, and they don’t care. Just picture a boundless void where things fall in- that’s the typical user apathy.
Prethoryn@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I love that the argument to, “scientists means smart and smart means Fediverse” is some magical connection made and that this comment basically says, scientist doesn’t really mean anything.
The actual argument to be made here is why in the hell does scientists and Lemmy have to have any connection at all? It is like we are associating that only smart people use the Fediverse. I will never the constant mentality Lemmy’s user base has that you are somehow better if you use the Fediverse. It is that same sort of thinking that makes the Fediverse so niche because the user base can’t grasp that Fediverse apps suck, they are annoying to sign up for. Swapping between instances is annoying in most cases and if you ar not handing your data to a single company you are putting your trust in the hands of those utilizing the Protocol to handle your data.
It is like there is some weird connection the user base on Lemmy just magically makes up to solving all of the worlds problems with big tech or something and then Facebook showed up and could have and talked about entering the Fediverse realm with Threads and everyone freaked out because Facebook would ultimately kill the Fediverse which pokes entire wholes into the Fediverse being the answer. It would just get popular and have the same issues as everything else Lemmy is scared of . Be glad your space is niche.
guynamedzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
I always like to emphasize the difference between someone who’s educated, and someone who’s intelligent/smart/whatever
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 22 hours ago
True. I just had a long discussion with a former coworker about that yesterday. I don’t buy the whole “people who go to college aren’t smart. the salt of the earth really know how the world works” that comes up sometimes.
JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I use both, but somehow I find more relevant content more easily on BlueSky. Plus, there’s the network effect: you go where everyone is.
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I agree it is so stupid
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Why is all of scientific research locked behind paywalls instead of some open source scientist-built system?
Because like most people, they’re just trying to get by with the least amount of effort. Structural change is hard and risky.
underscore_@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
Anyone want to build one together? I’ve always been frustrated with the current academic publishing model. Parasitic “publishers” double dipping on authors and readers while outsourcing the bulk of the review work unpaid.
underscore_@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
Anyone want to build one together? This issue, of “publishers” not only double dipping to accept and then share papers especially when outsourcing the review work unpaid back to the researchers themselves, has always frustrated me.
JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Because to advance in your field you need to publish your research in peer reviewed publications and the publishers need to monetise the content to keep publishing.
It sucks, it works.
OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It certainly doesn’t work, that’s why there exists stuff like arXiv and SciHub
JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
ArXiv is just a pre—print, and SciHub is a shadow library.
If you want an academic career, have your discoveries recognised, and stay in funded research, you must publish on peer reviewed traditional channels. Like it or not.
Of course you can still do research alone and publish on your website, but hardly anyone would take you seriously.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
You should check out the planet sometime.
JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
What are you talking about?