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Archives: Mastodon

Guest Post — Scholarly Social: Findings from the SSP Social Media Survey

Results from the SSP survey on the changing nature of social media use by publishers, research societies, libraries, vendors, and others in our community.

  • By Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen, Anne Stone, Jennifer Regala, Susan Willner, Jacklyn Lord
  • Dec 21, 2023
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Ask the Community: How are you using  Social Media in 2023? 

Social media is changing — as we all reconsider our approaches and channels, we asked the community to weigh in with their response to the question, “How has your / your organization’s approach to social media changed in the last year?”

  • By Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen, Susan Willner, Anne Stone
  • Nov 9, 2023
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Worth the Time? A Critical Look at the Value of Twitter for Journals

With yet another stumble from Twitter/X, Angela Cochran looks at the numbers and asks whether all the efforts journals have put into building and maintaining journal Twitter accounts have been worth it.

  • By Angela Cochran
  • Oct 19, 2023
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

The Dea(r)th of Social Media? Assessing “Twexit”

The brave new world post-Twitter, or post-the Old Twitter, or has anything really changed? Chefs ponder the new social media.

  • By Karin Wulf, Angela Cochran, Rick Anderson, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, David Crotty
  • Jan 19, 2023
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

Smorgasbord: Twitter v. Mastodon; Incentivizing Open Science; DEI v. Involution

Another “mixed bag” post from us — Is it time to leave Twitter? How can we incentivize journals and authors to take up open science practices? What is “involution” and is DEIA the solution?

  • By Angela Cochran, Tim Vines, Tao Tao
  • Nov 3, 2022
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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