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I built Birdy to help you optimize your Twitter profile with continual automated A/B testing! Why? More Twitter followers. More website clicks. I'm a huge fan

I built Birdy to help you optimize your Twitter profile with continual automated A/B testing! Why? More Twitter followers. More website clicks. I'm a huge fan of Twitter since I discovered the indie makers community. I wanted to create a product around this passion of mine, so I started experimenting with the Twitter API and I eventually landed on profile A/B testing as a cool problem to solve :).

WA 4y ago
What's a good entry to the indie maker community on Twitter?
- maximedupre 4y ago
  Start building a strong Twitter presence! Also engage with the IndieHacker forum.
  - prionassembly 4y ago
    I have a years old Twitter account with like 300 followers (many mutuals) but very low engagement on anything that isn't a reply to a higher-profile account. Should I create a fresh account to reset how the algorithm sees me, or should I double down on this one that already has /some/ (not much) visibility?
    - maximedupre 4y ago
      Definitely double down on the one you already have. Starting from 0 is way more difficult than starting out with 300 followers. Transform your profile and make it super interesting (work on your banner and bio, then have a good pinned tweet once you get a somewhat viral tweet). Then engages daily with other accounts - that's where new people will discover you.
    - dewey 4y ago
      > Should I create a fresh account to reset how the algorithm sees me Don't overthink it, just think about why someone would follow you. If it's just a bunch of retweets about a large range of topics it's usually not very interesting to people. Unlike TikTok there's no algorithm that suddenly puts you in some recommendation box where you then get millions of views over night. - Make sure you have a profile picture, a good description - Clean out the people you follow to be relevant to what you care about these days - Follow interesting people in your niche - Reply to tweets if you have some interesting to say, engage with content you like. After a while you'll see people over and over and if you like what they put out, you follow them.
- __mharrison__ 4y ago
  I have almost 90K followers on Twitter and have a few ideas about how to grow your following. - Interact with others (w/ high followers) in your niche - Produce interesting content in your niche - Consistency I've created a 30 day course to walk you through these steps: https://store.metasnake.com/twitter-for-developers https://store.metasnake.com/twitter-for-developers (It is currently part of a Python Humble Bundle where you can get it a little cheaper.)

WA 4y ago

What's a good entry to the indie maker community on Twitter?

maximedupre 4y ago
Start building a strong Twitter presence! Also engage with the IndieHacker forum.
- prionassembly 4y ago
  I have a years old Twitter account with like 300 followers (many mutuals) but very low engagement on anything that isn't a reply to a higher-profile account. Should I create a fresh account to reset how the algorithm sees me, or should I double down on this one that already has /some/ (not much) visibility?
  - maximedupre 4y ago
    Definitely double down on the one you already have. Starting from 0 is way more difficult than starting out with 300 followers. Transform your profile and make it super interesting (work on your banner and bio, then have a good pinned tweet once you get a somewhat viral tweet). Then engages daily with other accounts - that's where new people will discover you.
  - dewey 4y ago
    > Should I create a fresh account to reset how the algorithm sees me Don't overthink it, just think about why someone would follow you. If it's just a bunch of retweets about a large range of topics it's usually not very interesting to people. Unlike TikTok there's no algorithm that suddenly puts you in some recommendation box where you then get millions of views over night. - Make sure you have a profile picture, a good description - Clean out the people you follow to be relevant to what you care about these days - Follow interesting people in your niche - Reply to tweets if you have some interesting to say, engage with content you like. After a while you'll see people over and over and if you like what they put out, you follow them.
__mharrison__ 4y ago
I have almost 90K followers on Twitter and have a few ideas about how to grow your following. - Interact with others (w/ high followers) in your niche - Produce interesting content in your niche - Consistency I've created a 30 day course to walk you through these steps: https://store.metasnake.com/twitter-for-developers https://store.metasnake.com/twitter-for-developers (It is currently part of a Python Humble Bundle where you can get it a little cheaper.)