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That's pretty much what I mean by "being relevant", just my way of putting it. Socializing and learning stuff, but in a way that doesn't feel like I'm shouting into the void.

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Enjoyed the article! Phased attention and transient information is exactly how I see Twitter myself. Trying to stay on top of everything is out of question. I think of Twitter as a…

Yeah, I wouldn't rely on it as a primary marketing channel in most cases, especially if I had to build it from the ground up. Conflating "feels good" with "this is working" is righ…

I guess that's one benefit of not having started earlier!

Low-key yeah, I do want to figure out how to win, but I haven't gotten there yet. Your way of "getting" it is perfectly fine, too - if that's what you want out of it. Right now I d…

That's exactly how I feel about it! Couldn't have put it better myself. Posting on Facebook, LinkedIn or even Instagram feels like making a statement. I can't just throw a random t…

If you're there to go viral then sure, outrage can work - just like it does anywhere else. But I'd argue most people aren't there to go viral or cause a ruckus. And in that case yo…

It's primarily about what you want out of it. The first few times I tried using Twitter to promote my stuff and failed miserably. If you're there purely for promotion you won't get…

Great tips, although I do like the algo - works great for discovery! Other than that, it really is about how you curate it. Follow the people you're interested in, engage with the …

Yup, getting it off the ground was the hard part! My experience was exactly the same as what you've had with your professional account. LinkedIn just made more sense for profession…

I'm actually with you on this one! In my case, the algo is pretty good at surfacing useful tweets and people: both new stuff that I find relevant, and tweets from the people I'm fo…

Yep, I've found that if you're really good at what you do and/or have a narrow enough niche you'll have a much easier time getting people to interact with you. If you're just alrig…

Yep, and the cool part is you don't need a lot to start feeling relevant. At least I didn't. A few weeks of consistently showing up and interacting with the same people made them s…

As someone who's recently gotten into deliberate practice, I, too, started reading this worried I'm heading in the wrong direction. And it left me with a similar feeling: the autho…