I like Twitter and use it a lot. I do experience the author's "problem one" though. I don't want to connect anyone I know in real life to my Twitter account so

I like Twitter and use it a lot. I do experience the author's "problem one" though. I don't want to connect anyone I know in real life to my Twitter account so I just started tweeting with zero followers, and the results have not been great. I've gained ~30 from a year or two of infrequent tweets and those 30 never interact with me so they may all be bots. In my experience getting followers is different than getting upvotes on reddit or hackernews. I think it's relatively rare for someone to see a single tweet which they think is so clever or informative that they must follow the tweeter, whereas it's common to upvotes (or like/favorite) such a comment. The author's examples of accounts he follows "Patrick McKenzie, Zach Weinersmith, John Carmack" aren't famous for their tweets, but for blogging/start up advice, comics, and video games. In other words, if you're a notable famous person you can probably build a following on Twitter more or less as a product of your existing accomplishments.