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Environmental users abandoned Twitter after Musk takeover
Charlotte H Chang1, Nikhil R Deshmukh2, Paul R Armsworth3
1Department of Biology, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA; Environmental Analysis Program, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA.
Abstract:
In our sample of 380 000 environmentally oriented users, nearly 50% became inactive on Twitter after it was sold in October 2022, a rate much higher than a control sample. Given Twitter's importance for public communication, our finding has troubling implications for digital environmental information sharing and public mobilization.
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