Social media support needs to go beyond self-branding

Social media: the good, the bad and the ugly

With about one-third of Earth’s 7 billion inhabitants on a social network, it is an inevitable part of scholars’ lives. While many academics find Twitter and Facebook useful means of disseminating their research, Sara Custer finds that the addictive seeking of ‘likes’ has its perils

By Sara Custer

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#1 Submitted by ... on July 27, 2018 - 11:12am

I was heavily active on twitter for a bit but I realised that it was just a time-sink that also made me feel depressed amongst the "published 12th book this year" type stuff. I stopped using it earlier this year and haven't regretted that.

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