• Question: whats your opinion on social media ?

    Asked by anon-223298 to Valerio, Sreejita, Sam, Kate, Anastasia, Adam on 19 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Kate Winfield

      Kate Winfield answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      Social media is good in science it allows scientists to communicate their science to the world.

    • Photo: Sreejita Ghosh

      Sreejita Ghosh answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      Social media ca be good for science outreach as long as we don’t let it rule our lives and personalities. Getting less “likes” o social media on your or my photo or a paper we are trying to share does not undermine you or me, or my paper. Similarly getting more “likes” or shares or retweets does not necessarily mean that we’re better off than our peers who have got less “likes” and shares and retweets. Social media is a bit overrated. We can use it ofcourse but we should be careful that in order to be popular on social media we do not change our real selves and or change our focus. Gosh! This reminds me of a Black Mirror episode.

    • Photo: Adam Wootton

      Adam Wootton answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      I’m old and boring and don’t like social media for work!

    • Photo: Anastasia Aliferi

      Anastasia Aliferi answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      I think if you use them in the correct way they can be a great tool! I use social media a lot to communicate with people and talk about science but I’m always extremely careful with my personal accounts. Keeping everything personal private and making sure you don’t post or text anything that you don’t want to get out to strangers is super important. Be safe!

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