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Written by Cat Hicks on 2025-01-22 at 17:28

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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Written by Edward L Platt on 2025-01-22 at 17:30

@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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Written by Antonio Páez 🇲🇽🇨🇦 on 2025-01-22 at 17:32

@elplatt @grimalkina

Interested about this too. I feel that Mastodon may not be for scientists who aspire to have "reach"

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Written by Cat Hicks on 2025-01-22 at 17:37

@paezha @elplatt even if you are only looking for a small group of community it's important to recognize how some of us are systematically less likely to be represented here which has a chilling effect

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Written by Cat Hicks on 2025-01-22 at 17:39

@paezha @elplatt for instance we talked to about the mental impact of even simply being a lurker and never posting and how it shapes your view of who is doing what. I wouldn't be getting constant dialogue about new papers from young female grad students in psychology if I weren't on bsky

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Written by Coach Pāṇini ® on 2025-01-22 at 17:42

@grimalkina @paezha @elplatt

How are we defining science here?

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Written by Cat Hicks on 2025-01-22 at 17:45

@paninid @paezha @elplatt

What?

I'm talking about engaging with scientific publications in the social and behavioral sciences and with my community of practice that drives this empirical work. What is your agenda in asking this question?

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Written by Cat Hicks on 2025-01-22 at 17:46

@paninid @paezha @elplatt my friend with whom I was talking does basic science in cell biology....

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Written by Coach Pāṇini ® on 2025-01-22 at 18:54

@grimalkina @paezha @elplatt

My “agenda” is trying to understand what people mean with the words they are choosing to use 🤷🏻‍♂️

Social and behavioral science necessarily involve being “in the arena” of The Discourse™ much more than cell biology, I think?

I don’t know which decentralized social media platform currently has effective content moderation to mitigate hurtful trolling of biology subjects.

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