I radically reduced my tweeting mainly for my own reasons – distraction, being trolled in annoying ways, wasted time, feeling compelled for some reason to offer comments even without anything to say. It’s also the case that the usefulness of social media seems to be in decline, as the Thesis Whisperer argues here:
“But things have changed. Telling academics they can achieve career success by using today’s algorithmic-driven platforms is like telling Millennials they could afford to buy a house by eating less avocado on toast. It’s a cruel lie”
Paul Staniland 