I think a lot of the advice in the article is also relevant to having conversations in other more limited (but still sizable) communities like some topic specif

I think a lot of the advice in the article is also relevant to having conversations in other more limited (but still sizable) communities like some topic specific slack or discord servers, or certain forums. Maybe even some rare subreddit but they’re less likely to be structured to support a conversation. Twitter always just seems so vast and complicated that it’s hard to fathom.