Ask HN: Where did the tech people on Twitter go?
I'm not asking "why did they leave?" My Twitter/X feed used to be mostly colleagues in tech or tech-adjacent (e-research, GIS, librarians, academics, etc), plus a few other randoms that I was following. Now it seems that the tech people either don't post anymore, or have closed their account. Where did they go? I have found a few, but not many, on Mastodon and Bluesky. Are people just not using these kinds of platforms anymore? Is everyone in niche Discords? Where do you go for casual interactions with a broader range of tech-ish folk across disciplines? 3 comments on Hacker News.
I'm not asking "why did they leave?" My Twitter/X feed used to be mostly colleagues in tech or tech-adjacent (e-research, GIS, librarians, academics, etc), plus a few other randoms that I was following. Now it seems that the tech people either don't post anymore, or have closed their account. Where did they go? I have found a few, but not many, on Mastodon and Bluesky. Are people just not using these kinds of platforms anymore? Is everyone in niche Discords? Where do you go for casual interactions with a broader range of tech-ish folk across disciplines?
I'm not asking "why did they leave?" My Twitter/X feed used to be mostly colleagues in tech or tech-adjacent (e-research, GIS, librarians, academics, etc), plus a few other randoms that I was following. Now it seems that the tech people either don't post anymore, or have closed their account. Where did they go? I have found a few, but not many, on Mastodon and Bluesky. Are people just not using these kinds of platforms anymore? Is everyone in niche Discords? Where do you go for casual interactions with a broader range of tech-ish folk across disciplines? 3 comments on Hacker News.
I'm not asking "why did they leave?" My Twitter/X feed used to be mostly colleagues in tech or tech-adjacent (e-research, GIS, librarians, academics, etc), plus a few other randoms that I was following. Now it seems that the tech people either don't post anymore, or have closed their account. Where did they go? I have found a few, but not many, on Mastodon and Bluesky. Are people just not using these kinds of platforms anymore? Is everyone in niche Discords? Where do you go for casual interactions with a broader range of tech-ish folk across disciplines?
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