tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post3630966766864502718..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Should Historians Use Twitter? Part 1Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-52811803421387310182013-10-01T09:24:47.813-04:002013-10-01T09:24:47.813-04:00using @lawhistory, my twitter account, I try to se...using @lawhistory, my twitter account, I try to send out links to interesting articles, scholarly or otherwise, and engage others in law and history in the twittersphere.steinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986643270140652903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-47469146111920758072013-09-28T07:35:10.871-04:002013-09-28T07:35:10.871-04:00I have not noticed the same geographic breakdown y...I have not noticed the same geographic breakdown you observe. (and I've been cataloguing historians on twitter from practically the get-go). There are many historians in the UK using it, but a high proportion of those are students or in alt-ac jobs - not many university faculty are doing it. <br />Conversely, I find I know a lot of American historians (including those in tenure track positions) who are on board. <br />@katrinagulliverKatrinahttp://www.katrinagulliver.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-63814600545597784262013-09-27T11:04:52.249-04:002013-09-27T11:04:52.249-04:00P.S. I notice that in this blog post about Twitter...P.S. I notice that in this blog post about Twitter there is a)no link to Twitter in the post; and b)no Twitter link to tweet the post. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-60346948540522722602013-09-27T10:44:56.894-04:002013-09-27T10:44:56.894-04:00I'll be looking for a follow @sassyprofI'll be looking for a follow @sassyprofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-32079243086320122562013-09-27T09:52:10.553-04:002013-09-27T09:52:10.553-04:00Tweeted "If American-based historians don’t t...Tweeted "If American-based historians don’t take up more oxygen in public spaces, their expertise will continued to be ignored." One advantage is that people travel in different circles. Tweeting to followers, and they having them retweet or favorite can expose your ideas to exponentially vast numbers of people you'd never reach otherwise. Of course, that makes Heather's point very germane about the different goals ind interests of different historians. Dan Allossohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200498584099656356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-74440908377284730812013-09-27T07:53:19.051-04:002013-09-27T07:53:19.051-04:00It seems like scholarship has always been enriched...It seems like scholarship has always been enriched by being able to keep in touch with other scholars in both formal and informal ways. I don't use Twitter because I still can't figure out how, but it seems like it is another way to do what scholars have long tried to do: share our work and ideas, hear from others and occasionally benefit from serendipity. And it could be a way to practice "public" history, couldn't it? Translating ideas/significance of our work for a more general audience?Lisa Clark Dillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155783885263417225noreply@blogger.com