Some people have left Twitter because they felt like the environment created by most take over was more hostile to them than it had been previously. People are leaving Twitter and people that we want to hear from our leaving Twitter, but at the same time, not as many people have left as was expected by the kerfuffle when it would take over happened. I don't know it's hard to say exactly what the impact will be, who's been lost and who remains, you know, but I suppose time will tell. At least I see as well that lots of people are still there because there's just this is just there's so much to gain from it.
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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