Timothy Gowers

Holder of the Chaire Combinatoire at the Collège de France. Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge.

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2024-12-01 21:52:04 UTC

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I found this interview with Rose Wang (maybe the same one you read?) quite reassuring. Of course, she will be putting as positive a spin on it as she can, but she does emphasize how it has been set up to make it easy for people to move if they are dissatisfied with it.
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-11-26/rose-wang-bluesky-coo-people-are-tired-of-the-algorithm-deciding-everything.html

2024-11-30 21:16:33 UTC

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Just seen this. I hope the fact that you're going to be (are already?) in Edinburgh means that our paths will cross from time to time.

2024-11-13 19:21:49 UTC

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I miss you too! I haven't really done my research on the ownership structure of BlueSky, but a lot of people I respect seem not to be worried about it. Looking at the Wikipedia article about it, it seems that it was deliberately set up not to be owned by a single company, but I don't know what that means in practice.
Thanks for the heads up about your diary webpage.

2024-11-13 18:15:57 UTC

If you were chased here from Twitter, it's just possible that you won't be aware that a lot of people are now leaving Twitter (or X if you must) for BlueSky. I mention this because I personally very much valued having a thriving maths community on Twitter while still being part of the wider world, so to speak. My experience here, which may be as much my fault as Mastodon's, is that there are lots of interesting people but not quite the atmosphere that I liked on Twitter. It would be a bit cheeky of me to suggest deserting Mastodon, but perhaps you might like to consider trying out BlueSky -- I would be very happy if we could use it to recover what Musk stole from us.

2024-09-11 21:57:43 UTC

If you've ever wondered about starting a Diamond OA maths journal, you should check out this new initiative to provide startup funds of up to $10,000.
https://www.mathoa.org/diamond-open-access-stimulus-fund/