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On friday, my university, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, left X (ex Twitter) together with over 60 german universities and scientific institutions. At last!!! I am happy that finally a social network promoting hate and discrimination loses more and more media reach. I hope many individuals will follow, let's welcome them to the fediverse!

(in German)
idwf.de/-DObQAA

Hello #unikiel , are you out there?

#academia
#eXit
#exTwitter
#university
#academicchatter

idwf.deHochschulen und Forschungsinstitutionen verlassen Plattform X - Gemeinsam für Vielfalt, Freiheit und Wissenschaft

“it appears that a significant portion of that traffic on X could be fake, according to data provided to Mashable by CHEQ, a leading cybersecurity firm that tracks bots and fake users.

According to CHEQ, a whopping 75.85 percent of traffic from X to its advertising clients' websites during the weekend of the Super Bowl was fake. “

mashable.com/article/x-twitter

Mashable · The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggestsBy Matt Binder

Die gerade einsetzende Dynamik relevanter Teile der Wissenschafts-Bubble von #eXtwitter Richtung #bluesky statt #Mastodon macht mich wieder mal ratlos.

Ich vermute hier ähnliche Mechanismen wie bei Open Access: Mensch weiß schon irgendwie, dass es besser wäre, aber die oft prekäre Gesamtsituation führt zu einem strukturkonservativem Verhalten.

Keine Ahnung, wie man das durchbrechen kann.