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> If they mirror your interest, you two can take it up to the next level. If there’s someone you want to become friends with: > 1. follow them > 2. reply to a
by goblin89 5y ago
> If they mirror your interest, you two can take it up to the next level. If there’s someone you want to become friends with:
> 1. follow them
> 2. reply to and interact with their tweets
…and, based on first-hand experience, get blocked.
Presumably, because the other advice given by Twitter users to Twitter users today is “block based on a single tweet”. This makes Twitter excellent if you have a witty personality with a preexisting crowd of followers or friends, but otherwise the time and effort you spend trying to connect goes into the void.
That’s why I prefer HN instead. It doesn’t lend itself to profiling others, following and blocking is not the perpetual drama, and contributions to discussion are the focus.