# 2023 - Pausing Twitter

**Feb 2023**


Hi there,

As you can see, we’re spending a lot less time on Twitter, and we figured it might make sense to share where to find our activity in future.

**The short version**

If you’re interested in following updates about climateAction.tech, please follow [our page on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/climateactiontech/), and [our newsletter](https://buttondown.email/climateActionTech). 


**The longer version**

That’s the short version - read on for some more context.

**First of all, why are we pausing updates on Twitter?**

Put simply Twitter is becoming [less ](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/13/twitter-lose-users-elon-musk-takeover-hate-speech)[relevant](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/10/tech/twitter-top-advertiser-decline/index.html)[ ](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/13/twitter-lose-users-elon-musk-takeover-hate-speech)[in general](https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/2/16/23603155/elon-musk-twitter-worse-degrading-quality-glitches-superbowl-boost-feed), and less useful to us, and over the last few months there has been a trend in moderation [giving disportionate space to discourses around climate denial and delay](https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23494220/elon-musk-twitter-climate-misinformation-rise-analysis). This quote from Professor Katherine Kayhoe in December from Chief Scientist at Nature.org, IPCC author, and well known climate communicator is pretty telling:

> Climate denial on Twitter was already a dumpster fire; now, it’s as if it had a litre of gas thrown on it

We only have so much time to spend engaging online with social media, so we’re consolidating on platforms we see meaningful, and constructive engagement.

**Where should I look instead?**

If you’re not a member, please consider joining our community - it’s free to do so, and joining grants easier access to events, projects and more. We send a batch invites each week, [and you join via our sign up page](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtvNeUkNkPybk9_Ln5klL1RUPHUCwfK4OfF-odRWnHME9d-g/viewform).

Once you’re a member you have access to our [active and supportive community slack](https://climate-tech.slack.com/).

We run physical and virtual events [via our meetup group](https://www.meetup.com/cat-global/).

You can see recorded talks from our events [on our youtube account](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbGj6AM6oTSxqBlhMQlaplw).

You can see our (mostly) weekly newsletter with [archived copies of every issue we send out](https://buttondown.email/climateActionTech). 

If you use linkedIn, you can follow our group page, [as well as see posts we share there](https://www.linkedin.com/company/climateactiontech/).

*Yes, we’re looking at setting up a presence on a distributed platform like Mastodon. We’ll share and link to updates on this topic as they’re available.*



Twitter version

We’ve decided to pause our Twitter activity due to the trend in moderation giving disproportionate/unequal[ space to discourses around climate denial](https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23494220/elon-musk-twitter-climate-misinformation-rise-analysis). Using our time wisely, we’re active on LinkedIn, Slack and our newsletter. Links in thread

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