{"id":6469,"date":"2026-09-22T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homecares.net\/?p=6469"},"modified":"2026-09-22T21:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:00:26","slug":"from-the-early-days-of-twitter-to-bluesky-the-hospice-and-palliative-care-community-finds-a-new-digital-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homecares.net\/?p=6469","title":{"rendered":"From the Early Days of Twitter to Bluesky: The Hospice and Palliative Care Community Finds a New Digital Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
The migration of specialized medical communities from legacy social media platforms to emerging decentralized networks has reached a significant turning point, marked this week by a mass exodus from X (formerly Twitter) by prominent members of the hospice and palliative care (HAPC) sector. Dr. Christian Sinclair, editor-in-chief of the influential palliative medicine publication Pallimed and a palliative care physician at the University of Kansas Health System, formally announced his departure from X, citing persistent platform degradation, safety concerns, and an increasingly hostile digital environment. <\/p>\n
In its place, Dr. Sinclair and a rapidly expanding cohort of clinicians, researchers, medical societies, and healthcare journalists have relocated their professional networking and collaborative discussions to Bluesky, an alternative text-based microblogging platform. This transition highlights a broader trend across the medical and scientific communities, which are increasingly seeking out digital environments that prioritize collegiality, robust content moderation tools, and freedom from algorithmic manipulation.<\/p>\n