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On Twitter it seems to be somewhere in the 500 to 1000 followers count before things become an order of magnitude easier. I don't think it's just the cumulativ
by 3pt14159 9y ago
On Twitter it seems to be somewhere in the 500 to 1000 followers count before things become an order of magnitude easier.
I don't think it's just the cumulative advantage of having more people retweet you (and thus the greater relative ease of getting in front of people) I think it's also learning how to present a constant "face" on Twitter. By the time you're at 1000+ followers you've figured out how to be interesting, how to be consistent, you've streamlined your personal site to point people towards your Twitter and all of this feeds back in on itself.
- ghaff 9y agoThat assumes that people are trying to optimize their Twitter "face." There's definitely a difference between a very focused profile around something specific and something more general that mixes different topics, including personal ones.
- 3pt14159 9y agoYeah I resist it to my own detriment. But on the other hand, I get people not wanting to hear about what I think about Canada's foreign minister (my favourite politician) when they're following me to read data science and cyber security articles.