Twitter Is Dying, And It Makes Me Sad

An ode to a troubled website

Pictured: The now-endangered bird. Photo by Souvik Banerjee on Unsplash

I first created a Twitter account in 2015. It was already a pretty big place to be, and I thought it would be good for my scientific career and my blog to have a presence on the website. As a millenial who was growing up as social media became a thing, it seemed like a natural place to go and have a bit of fun while also maybe reaching some new people…