I'm still so very disappointed in all the scientists who stuck around on Twitter, even now when the new owner declares 'cisgender to be a slur' and pushes far-right voices. How on earth are you supposed to 'remain and fight from within'? What possible path is there to victory when it's all owned by one man???
I've quit academia after about 10 years and Twitter has been invaluable to me, not just as a source for new research but also a source of contacts, collaborators, and 'different ways to do things'. But I always felt like we researchers on Twitter (and like OP) were all kidding ourselves: it's an echo chamber where the hyper-online researchers mostly talk to each other, 'public outreach' part is more a random chance occurrence, a byproduct.
I've quit academia after about 10 years and Twitter has been invaluable to me, not just as a source for new research but also a source of contacts, collaborators, and 'different ways to do things'. But I always felt like we researchers on Twitter (and like OP) were all kidding ourselves: it's an echo chamber where the hyper-online researchers mostly talk to each other, 'public outreach' part is more a random chance occurrence, a byproduct.