Slack / Private Message Drop — page 1108

[2022-04-14 07:38:31] [Andrew Rambaut] 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 07:42:34] [Kristian 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 a bonus, you don't _have_ to follow the other scientists that you don't really want to follow, but you _kinda_ have to when 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 07:45:57] [Kristian Andersen] 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 07:46:05] [Andrew Rambaut] 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 07:46:20] [Kristian Andersen] I enjoyed the fuck out of that!@ [2022-04-14 07:47:22] [Andrew Rambaut] I could be fun to have a mega slack just for banter with a large group from twitter [2022-04-14 07:48:30] [Andrew Rambaut] Another reason to leave Twitter: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/04/14/1034242/elon-musk-offers-to-buy-twitter-for-41-billion?utm_source=slashdot &utm_medium=twitter [2022-04-14 07:50:27] [Kristian Andersen] Yeah, let's get a bigger mega Slack. I'll ping Nick about it. And yes, so Elon's going to buy it - good time to exit. [2022-04-14 13:09:46] [Eddie Holmes] Best move I made in 2021 was to get off Twitter. I've been inactive for a year. So much better. I truly detest Twitter as it is now. [2022-04-14 14:15:17] [Kristian Andersen] It's an awful, awful place. Maybe having Elon buy it could be a good thing - burn the piece of shit to the ground! [2022-04-14 14:23:27]