[acc-cca-l] Why is the CCA (and CJoC) still involved with Twitter?

[Ray op'tLand]

Hi all,

I was checking on some RSS feeds the other day, making some updates, and I noticed that both the CCA and CJoC still have Twitter links in their contact info on the webpages.

Given recent events, and the comments made by the current owner about the ADL, my only question is: why?

Why stick around and participate, and provide any legitimacy to this endeavour any further?

I understand that it is the start of the semester, and there are other tasks that we all must attend to other than updating webpages, but it seems like a relatively quick fix.

Relocating the social media contact to another venue, either an open platform like Mastodon or other server using the ActivityPub protocol, or Bluesky or Threads if a corporate walled garden approach is prefered, but those are not without similar issues to the app formerly known as Twitter.

This goes doubly so for academics still on the platform as well.  I can understand maintaining a name that you had already established to prevent identity theft, or to use it to log in to view messages and research after the API changes made the archives inaccessible, but beyond that, how can active participation on the platform continue to be justified?

I'm posting this to the listserv in hopes of fostering a public discussion, and/or awareness and reflection.

Respectfully,

Ray op'tLand, PhD
rmoptlan at ucalgary.ca<mailto:rmoptlan at ucalgary.ca>




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