If Twitter is the only way you engage, then yes, you do need Twitter. If all your subscribers are on a platform that you don't control, they can cancel you and

If Twitter is the only way you engage, then yes, you do need Twitter. If all your subscribers are on a platform that you don't control, they can cancel you and then you lose everything. The good news is that there's this robust, free, and open protocol you may have heard of: email. I can hear Gen Z laughing at me already. "LOL, Gen X grandpa, why are you yelling at clouds? And what's 'email'?" Yes, email. Build your subscriber list via email. Nobody can cancel you or take that away from you.