I think we're human and we need to communicate I mean that's that's what we're doing here in this podcast. The ability to have a platform where you can continually communicate about the things that you spend your day doing is also very valuable. It actually helps scientists own satisfaction and purpose to be able to share with people who really understand which can be hard when you're such an expert. So it's one strong source that is many sources altogether that can help you kind of get a finger on the pulse yeah right well I'm hoping that this as well is going to be useful way for people to get their finger on the pulses on how recent changes to Twitter are sort of affecting science but
Twitter has become indispensable to many scientists. It is a place to share findings, raise their profile, and is even used as a source of data in many studies.
In recent months though, the site has been in turmoil after a swathe of policy changes in light of Elon Musk's takeover. Never a stranger to misinformation and abuse, these problems have reportedly gotten worse. Additionally, the ability to use Twitter as a source of data is in peril, and malfunctions are more commonplace.
In this episode of Nature's Take we discuss how these changes are affecting the platform and the knock-on effects on science.
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