Is Academic Twitter Dead?

Academic Twitter is dead, and that sucks | On Education Research

There's almost nothing useful left on Twitter. Academics are trying to recreate the magic on Bluesky or Mastodon, but I think there will never ...

Is Academic Twitter Dead? - by Marina Kisley

Overall, although some of these platforms may seem like compelling options, none have effectively filled the gap left behind from the demise of ...

Is X/Twitter still an active platform for academic networking ... - Reddit

In Astronomy, twitter basically died and nothing replaced it. There are now sparse communities in Mastodon and Bluesky, but much much smaller than the old ...

More academics flee X after election - Inside Higher Ed

Amid another wave of exits, some users see this as the end of Academic Twitter, which was already arguably in its death throes. ... The Death of ...

Comments - Is Academic Twitter Dead? - by Marina Kisley

The academic community erupted in response to Elon Musk taking over Twitter (now X), with many anticipating an end to Academic Twitter.

Where now for academics on social media, post Twitter? - LSE Blogs

As Twitter enters its death spiral, there is a plethora of social media alternatives for academics to consider moving to.

Q&A: What happened to academic research on Twitter?

JL: For a lot of researchers, both academics and civil society researchers, Twitter was a really important platform to study because many ...

If 'academic X' is sinking, where are research organisations going?

Social media is not dead by a very long way ... Building an alternative to academic twitter relies on centring the experiences of lurkers.

Academics left Twitter in droves after Elon Musk took over. Those ...

Academics left Twitter in droves after Elon Musk took over. Those who remained were significantly less active in posting original content to the ...

Why hasn't Twitter/X died yet? - Mark Carrigan

In part this is the sunk cost fallacy: a declining user base and declining engagement rates mean the utility is continually diminishing.

Study: Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter resulted in mass exit of ...

Once a social media platform teeming with academics, Twitter — now ... death threats, accused of creating 'unsafe environment' for ...

Twitter just closed the book on academic research - The Verge

Twitter was once a mainstay of academic research — a way to take the pulse of the internet. But as new owner Elon Musk has attempted to monetize ...

Academic Research Access in 2023 - X Developers

As far as I can tell, all the academic endpoints are dead, e.g., GET ... and does Twitter API 2 crawl only specific percent of Tweets?

Academics take flight from Twitter as restrictions, alternatives grow

In the wake of new restrictions on how many tweets users can see daily, more academics are pulling back from Twitter and considering alternatives.

More thoughts on the enshittification of academic social media

The Obvious. Some of the reasons that Twitter hasn't been abandoned yet are simply because a critical mass of people don't exist elsewhere, and ...

Twitter brain drain: Elon Musk's takeover caused academic exodus ...

The study found that the number of active accounts associated with academics in this field significantly dropped, while those who remained on ...

Is there any future for academic Twitter? - Mark Carrigan

I will miss it when it is gone. But it should be clear by now academic Mastodon won't be a direct substitute for academic Twitter. The ...

Is #AcademicTwitter Over? - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The once-popular, ever-controversial website is imploding, critics say. What, if anything, does higher ed stand to lose?

Academics Can Easily Depart Twitter While Institutions Remain

Universities have become better at adopting new social media in recent years, using platforms like TikTok and Instagram to market themselves.

Elon Musk's Twitter takeover triggered academic exodus, study ...

New research shows academic engagement on Twitter significantly declined after Elon Musk's takeover, with verified accounts showing the largest reduction in ...