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> I can say random stuff on Twitter because I have ~300 followers—even if every single one of them tweeted at me, it wouldn't matter. Until someone with 100K f

> I can say random stuff on Twitter because I have ~300 followers—even if every single one of them tweeted at me, it wouldn't matter. Until someone with 100K followers retweets one of your tweets that is maybe contentious. And then it gets retweeted 5000 more times. The network effects become exponential. Relevant: https://medium.com/the-lighthouse/is-that-a-threat-1f073e51d84f https://medium.com/the-lighthouse/is-that-a-threat-1f073e51d...

morgante 11y ago
> Relevant: https://medium.com/the-lighthouse/is-that-a-threat-1f073e51d.. https://medium.com/the-lighthouse/is-that-a-threat-1f073e51d.... I don't see how that's relevant. The author of that article has nearly 10,000 of her own Twitter followers. She's a public figure and, unfortunately, that comes with negative reactions. In the piece, she mentions that "if I wanted to avoid them I had to just log off Twitter all together" as though that's some terrible sacrifice. If you don't want to be famous, just stop being famous (unless your narcism depends on having thousands of people listen to your every word).
- snowwolf 11y ago
  From the article: "Somewhere along the way an account with a large and conservative following retweeted it, an action that flooded my notifications page" The point being that even if you are trying to use twitter as a social network to connect with friends and only have 300 followers (or 10000) it only takes one account with a vocal following to take your innocent tweet (that they could of found through twitter search) and put a negative spin on it through a retweet. Which then unleashes the masses on you.
  - morgante 11y ago
    Yes, I did in fact read the article. But if you're trying to use Twitter as a social network to connect with friends, you don't have 10,000 followers. The author is clearly a public figure: she's a comic and writer, not someone just networking with friends. If she didn't have thousands of followers, the likelihood of the conservative finding her tweet would have been exponentially lower.

morgante 11y ago

> Relevant: https://medium.com/the-lighthouse/is-that-a-threat-1f073e51d.. https://medium.com/the-lighthouse/is-that-a-threat-1f073e51d.... I don't see how that's relevant. The author of that article has nearly 10,000 of her own Twitter followers. She's a public figure and, unfortunately, that comes with negative reactions. In the piece, she mentions that "if I wanted to avoid them I had to just log off Twitter all together" as though that's some terrible sacrifice. If you don't want to be famous, just stop being famous (unless your narcism depends on having thousands of people listen to your every word).

snowwolf 11y ago
From the article: "Somewhere along the way an account with a large and conservative following retweeted it, an action that flooded my notifications page" The point being that even if you are trying to use twitter as a social network to connect with friends and only have 300 followers (or 10000) it only takes one account with a vocal following to take your innocent tweet (that they could of found through twitter search) and put a negative spin on it through a retweet. Which then unleashes the masses on you.
- morgante 11y ago
  Yes, I did in fact read the article. But if you're trying to use Twitter as a social network to connect with friends, you don't have 10,000 followers. The author is clearly a public figure: she's a comic and writer, not someone just networking with friends. If she didn't have thousands of followers, the likelihood of the conservative finding her tweet would have been exponentially lower.