A really phenomenal scientist I know who does incredible outreach re: diversity in science asked me if I'd recommend mastodon and if it felt safe or if they'd get a lot of hurtful trolling and what the ratio of cost to benefit felt like to me. And I truly didn't know what my answer to that question was until this moment.
I don't like to give advice on how scientists use platforms because I think every audience is different. But my answer to my friend was no, it's not there yet for scientists.
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@grimalkina Is the problem mostly on the "too much cost" or "not enough benefit" side? Or roughly 50/50 in your estimation? Also trying to figure out how to advise and help friends
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@elplatt we discussed their audiences and my overall best guess about how that differs from the audiences that tend to be here and their norms, as well as their experiences with racism and the sort of things they found more and less demotivating. Shit is everywhere when you're a public scientist but feels like the way it affects you on different platforms can be highly personal? We agreed there's a protective quality in a critical mass of nonwhite scientists on a platform that isn't here
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