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[...] answer that many of us keep returning to, in order to explain why most scientists eschew Web 2.o, social networks, science blogging, open review, and post-publication review, is that authors gain very little [...]

By: Social networks – are they useful or pointless? | Trading Knowledge

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By: The Fear and Exhilaration of Breaking New Ground « Social Works

The Fear and Exhilaration of Breaking New Ground « Social Works — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:04:58 +0000

[...] Most networks seem to make two assumptions that doom them to failure: 1) that networking and communication is a central part of a scientist’s day, and 2) that scientists are willing to openly communicate on a wide scale with their communities. The first is a failure of perspective, those building and promoting social networks are “true-believers“, people whose lives revolve around social networking. While communication of results, networking and building collaboration are important for scientists, they’re somewhat peripheral compared to doing actual research. – via Scientists Still Not Joining Social Networks « The Scholarly Kitchen [...]

By: Gavin Bell

Gavin Bell — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:16:14 +0000

The small scale, semi private groupings that scientists operate within have a strong effect on their willingness to participate in social networks. The stronger the competition and the closer the potential of money, the less likely they are to participate in public.

I do think that there is scope for using social networks within science, but perhaps some of the initial attempts were a but naive. Neither science, nor the potential for the social web will disappear, more likely is that those that can more openly participate (arXiv) will show those less willing the benefits and over a 5-10 year span more people will participate. RSS took seven years to gain widespread adoption. Social network tools will take just as long to become widely adopted, even with Facebook at 200 million plus current users. Semi-private networks are a definite area where this will become more popular, but they are not that well supported at the minute.

Not speaking for Nature.

By: Yes or No: Are Scientists Using Social Media and/or Social Networks? « ResourceShelf

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:37:37 +0000

[...] About three weeks ago (10/19/2009), David Crotty posted that how scientists ARE NOT using social [...]

By: Yes or Now: Are Scientists Using Social Media and/or Social Networks? « ResourceShelf

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:18:26 +0000

[...] About three weeks ago (10/19/2009), David Crotty posted that how scientists ARE NOT using social [...]

By: Scientists Are Using Social Media Tools (and May Be Using Social Networks, Too) « The Scholarly Kitchen

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:11:29 +0000

[...] David Crotty observed that scientists are not joining social networks. The comments indicated that this might not be a fair generalization, and that adoption in some [...]

By: Bench Marks » Blog Archive » Scientists and social networks

Bench Marks » Blog Archive » Scientists and social networks — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:26:25 +0000

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By: Scientists and Social Networks Continued… « The Scholarly Kitchen

Scientists and Social Networks Continued… « The Scholarly Kitchen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:17:48 +0000

[...] web 2.0 | Leave a Comment A quick follow-up to last week’s post titled, “Scientists Still Not Joining Social Networks.” The NIH recently announced that they are financing “a network some are calling a [...]