» #neuroscience has become so broad & technically sophisticated that individual researchers can no longer fully understand the technical foundations of their experiments.
Is there a way to study neuromodulation, particularly invasive neuromodulation, outside of institutional confines? Outside of huge capital raises? Something anchored in community, in accessibility and egalitarianism?
@AllenNeuroLab
Hi Tim, I know what you mean and I think the main reason is that most of the Neuro community that was on Twitter has not migrated here. The conversations that we used to have cannot really happen if the people who drove them aren’t here. That’s why I’m trying to get more people to join because I’d love to have that back! e.g. #JoinMastodonDay which is today :)
That being said, there are a lot of cool convos happening and I’d recommend the following to not miss them:
use relevant hashtags when you write a post, this is how you’ll find the post later, and how others can find your posts
follow hashtags that interest you, regularly check them out (also check the new #NeuroBuzz one, and tag cool convos with it)
set notifications on at the profile page of people that you really don’t want to miss the posts of (consider that everything in Masto is chronological which doesn’t fit well with different time zones from different countries)
follow people, a lot of people, and as you follow more people try to categorize them into lists
you could also move to our instance (https://neuromatch.social) because it’s the best, yes I’m biased :)
make sure to write Alt-text whenever you use images (some people will not boost non-alt-texted posts in support of visually-impaired people)
I’ll add below a post where I’ve listed a bunch of active people in #Neuroscience (and also some others)… it would be great if we could all contribute to it!
I guess the main message is: we have to put some effort into it, because unlike other websites, here WE make the algorithm; but it is worth it!
Starting a list of all the amazing early career researchers that have made the wise decision to join us on this worthy platform (but might also take an exposure hit for that). Let's all boost and follow!