I'm slowly teaching myself how to break down and talk about studies in video format which is absolutely and one hundred percent not optional if you want to do modern scicomm but God damn is it tiring
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@grimalkina I'm sad about this, ADHD makes video watching difficult for me. I prefer to read papers!
But as you say later, nobody is gonna read linked research papers.
There's one exception, the paper I show off at parties is "the science of cycology" by Dr Rebecca Lawson.
I get everybody to draw a bicycle and see if they did as well as they predicted.
It's always fun!
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@shapr oh I don't think the written word is going away lol
What is wild though? is while I have been posting about science on text microblogging platforms for years and years, people RARELY go read papers when you post them. But I'm getting really high engagement on papers off videos
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It's probably a function of reach and quantity of views but you know, it could be a function of social cognition and the density of information you get in video idk, which I really do respect because I like that too
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There was a wave of people talking about this where lots of people posted about how it's really hard to be on camera if you're femme or have anything people can pick apart about you. I am well familiar with this lol. You would not believe the comments I've seen about every aspect of my face and body ✌️
But what's the answer? DON'T try to reach people? Cede the space? Not for me.
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It is interesting you know, because I was raised to not take up space and not be on stage and not be visible. Wore a veil every morning of my life. Women were to be seen, not heard, and were not deserving of education or microphones. So I bring a certain level of "fuck that" to the whole thing
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@grimalkina makes me think of this amazing poem
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@grimalkina Thank you. You're making the world a better place for my daughters by fighting this fight. It's BS that it's even a thing. I try to help by boosting posts like this to improve awareness. I hope humanity can grow up someday.
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@grimalkina ugh, people are terrible. You're out here trying to do scicomm and people are like "your hair is the wrong shade of brown".
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@grimalkina for me it would be maybe almost the opposite: when i read a thread, and it gives me the level of detail i need and looks legit, i might be satisfied, while, if i watch a video, i'm never really sure if i actually caught everything, and i might click on a link to something written to verify 😅
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@malte I think it is so interesting how many people are responding to this with their needs and no comment on MY needs lol. That's fine, and like here I am writing threads and posting papers and books, but you know, I can't have a career doing this public facing work or continue to get funding for it if I don't have an audience
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@grimalkina i think microblogging is a perfect format for taking things out of context. YouTube is much better suited for longform discussion with nuance.
One of my favorite channels is Two Minute Papers.
@grimalkina I try to read them. Sometimes I actually do. Usually I get distracted :p
@grimalkina Weirdo, maybe, but I prefer papers. While they tend to be more jargon-heavy than videos, papers offer easier random access. I can easily step back, go research a term or concept, and return to the paper.
Apart from "How To" videos, most instructional videos online cause me to think, "this could have been a blog post".
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