“Whether Twitter is destined for a fast, slow or no downfall at all remains to be seen. But some in academe aren’t waiting: they are heading for Mastodon or other platforms.” Susan D'Agostino December 1, 2022 https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/12/01/academics-twitter-disperse-wake-musk-takeover
I've always thought that "Academic Twitter" was an unnecessary thing when Mastodon would always have been better, and I'm glad to have seen an enormous increase in interest and active participation in it in the last month. https://stevefoerster.com/academic-twitter-is-for-the-birds/