Unspoken in all the academic flutter about leaving Twitter is this simple truth: I’ve spent a decade and a half (!!) building reputation capital (to what end, you can judge) in this place. If I leave, NONE of that is portable. It is my labor, and I’m not abdicating it lightly.
— Matthew Kirschenbaum (@mkirschenbaum) November 1, 2022
This thread is one of the reasons the academics I’ve seen in the Domain of One’s Own Space have so much more freedom and flexibility in online spaces.