1Cademy - Problems of Twitter-based Journal Clubs

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Problems of Twitter-based Journal Clubs

"The drawback of any Twitter-based discussion is the seemingly evanescent nature of tweets. Unless deleted, tweets remain available for anyone seeking to find them. However, reading individual tweets or scrolling through a discussion at a later time does not capture the conversational thread, or the gist of the opinions voiced during the live journal club."
"The time when the live discussion occurs, specifically for synchronous discussions, is often in the late evening or night, which can encroach on family time and is not convenient for everyone"
"Others find the discussion fragmented and not necessarily coherent, especially when not viewed in real time and if one is unable to follow the conversational thread."
"Everything that is tweeted is not necessarily accurate, and some participants may tweet factually wrong or unsupported opinions."
"The number of tweets in a single session may be overwhelming for the new user. As an extreme example, during the live discussion of the Canagliflozin and Renal Events in Diabetes with Established Nephropathy Clinical Evaluation trial, there were 637 participants who tweeted 2,840 times."