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Climate scientists flee Twitter [to Mastodon] as hostility surges (www.france24.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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EDIT: I didn't notice in the original post, the article is from 2023

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19707239

Researchers have documented an explosion of hate and misinformation on Twitter since the Tesla billionaire took over in October 2022 -- and now experts say communicating about climate science on the social network on which many of them rely is getting harder.

Policies aimed at curbing the deadly effects of climate change are accelerating, prompting a rise in what experts identify as organised resistance by opponents of climate reform.

Peter Gleick, a climate and water specialist with nearly 99,000 followers, announced on May 21 he would no longer post on the platform because it was amplifying racism and sexism.

While he is accustomed to "offensive, personal, ad hominem attacks, up to and including direct physical threats", he told AFP, "in the past few months, since the takeover and changes at Twitter, the amount, vituperativeness, and intensity of abuse has skyrocketed".

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[–] davidfield@lemmy.world 55 points 2 months ago (5 children)

We should as a community ensure Twitter\X lives forever..

If only as a place to keep certain social media users “entertained”

In all seriousness it does concern me how often I see such a wide variety of news agencies quote Twitter considering the amount of hate that goes on there

[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The irony of climate scientists ignoring a problem and waiting until it's far to late to do something is honestly pretty funny..

At this point it's wholly on you if you're still using twitter.

You'd think smart people like science nerds would have left the Nazi bar ages ago.

[–] davidfield@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

That first line is so spot on. Brightened up my day

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

It's because the news media industry as a whole has stuck with Twitter as their primary social media site. It's kinda hilarious how much they seem to like it and how much time they spend there.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's dangerous. Look at what Fox is doing, as an entertainment company, to US politics across the country.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Disastrous, even

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's a containment site; has been for a while.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Except the majority of mainstream news outlets use it as a source for 90% of their coverage.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This is why we need the SCP Foundation.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Not what you intended, but:

scp /dev/zero root@x.com:/path/to/databases

[–] robber@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Your comment reminds me of that great tune by Pink Floyd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDDzR2zSgsM