Olivier Simard-Casanova

Olivier
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Independent economist, data scientist, and science popularizer

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Notes

Notes are shorter posts, where I usually share an interesting link. This page gathers notes from all sections.

Published in LOGOecon, Notes – LOGOecon

3 October 2023

Katalin Karikó, status in academia and lost scientific discoveries

The status game in academia probably comes at a significant social cost

Themes: Academia, Funding, Status in academia
Published in IndieNotes, Notes – IndieNotes

15 July 2023

What to make of the decreasing engagement metrics of Threads?

Calling Threads already dead is premature

Themes: Mastodon, Threads, Twitter
Published in IndieNotes, Notes – IndieNotes

1 July 2023

Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter, is out

The launch of Threads is close to an industrial disaster for Twitter

Themes: ActivityPub, Fediverse, Mastodon, Threads, Twitter
Published in IndieNotes, Notes – IndieNotes

30 June 2023

Twitter has effectively become a fully walled garden

The move is unilateral, and further degrades the usefulness of Twitter for content creators

Themes: Twitter