I tried to build a following, went until around 2k followers... Why? There are three sorts of people who have a significant Twitter following. There are peop

I tried to build a following, went until around 2k followers... Why? There are three sorts of people who have a significant Twitter following. There are people who are famous in "real life" who people follow because they want insight into the minds of celebrities, and a little bit of access because they might get a reply. You can only join this group by doing something noteworthy offline. Your following will grow quickly as your offline life becomes more notable. Then there are people who are subject matter experts who tweet genuinely interesting things whose followers are authentically interested in what that person says. You can join this group by being an expert in something and tweeting about it. If it's interesting the following will grow slowly. And lastly there are people who just want a Twitter following because they think it would reflect how important they feel they are. They just haven't been noticed yet. I'm in this group. I enjoy tweeting. I often think I should be noticed more on there because I'm funny. I don't have any regrets. My followers do though.