This week’s announcement that Elon Musk has agreed a takeover deal with Twitter has prompted questions over the future of the social media platform. Personally, I find Twitter very helpful in my professional life, but I have reservations about Musk’s control of the platform. Decentralized, open-source alternatives, such as Mastodon, provide better models for information exchange and community ownership, and I hope that these options become more widespread in the social media ecosystem.
For the foreseeable future, I will continue to use @UEA_HUMGrad as the official site for departmental work, but @MSill1 will be deactivated this week. My online presence will continue in the following locations:
I am grateful to all my followers - friends, colleagues, staff and students - who have made the experience such a positive one for me. I respect any individual’s decision to continue on Twitter, and hope that it has been as beneficial for you as it has been for me.