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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.1108 [SLACK_001322] · slack_pm:msg:11556

Date: 2022-04-14 07:42
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

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The banter WAS fun - I really do desperately miss the days where Nick Loman was the only one who actually had followers and the rest of us were just trolling Nick. Good times. I'd suggest setting up a random anno account and just follow the few scientists you actually enjoy following (like Nick...) - that way you can still get some of the good aspects of Twitter, while not having to engage at all. As abonus, you don't _have_ to follow the other scientists that you don't really want to follow, but you _kinda_ have towhen it's your normal account. Sadly, people like myself fall into that latter category because I tweet too much and it's sad - maybe I should change that :wink:.

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2022-04-14 07:05 Andrew Rambaut open

@Kristian Andersen - thinking of leaving twitter. Had enough of it really. Any advice? I believe if you deactivate then you have 30 days to reactivate before it is deleted?
2022-04-14 07:09 Robert F. Garry open

It's a good question to the right person. Was @Kristian Andersen happier? Better work-life balance? With or without twitter?
2022-04-14 07:36 Kristian G. Andersen open

Good idea @Andrew Rambaut - if you no longer see the benefit (which, honestly, is difficult to see), just go in anddeactivate it. You actually have 1 year to reactivate if you want (just make sure you tick the 'one year' box), so you can always revive it. I didn't actually know you could deactivate, which is why I tried the auto-delete thing first. Absolutely no downside to it and it's MUCH better for work-life and work and life balance.... For me, the only realdownside was that I really missed engaging with the folks on Twitter that I like - all of them scientists.
2022-04-14 07:38 Andrew Rambaut open

Yeah - the banter was fun. But I would much prefer randos not paying any attention to it. I will start a shadow account with protection on and offer a premium service to my elite followers.
2022-04-14 07:42 Kristian G. Andersen

The banter WAS fun - I really do desperately miss the days where Nick Loman was the only one who actually had followers and the rest of us were just trolling Nick. Good times. I'd suggest setting up a random anno account and just follow the few scientists you actually enjoy following (like Nick...) - that way you can still get some of the good aspects of Twitter, while not having to engage at all. As abonus, you don't _have_ to follow the other scientists that you don't really want to follow, but you _kinda_ have towhen it's your normal account. Sadly, people like myself fall into that latter category because I tweet too much and it's sad - maybe I should change that :wink:.
2022-04-14 07:45 Kristian G. Andersen open

Thinking of this - I'm wondering if we should set up a larger Slack channel and include the rest of the gang? You probably already have something similar with ARTIC?
2022-04-14 07:46 Andrew Rambaut open

Yeah - I will create an anonymous follow account. Obviously will create a stir amongst the leakers/conspiracy nuts which will be amusing.
2022-04-14 07:46 Kristian G. Andersen open

I enjoyed the fuck out of that!@
2022-04-14 07:47 Andrew Rambaut open

I could be fun to have a mega slack just for banter with a large group from twitter

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