affectsk

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by affectsk 4y ago
That's pretty much what I mean by "being relevant", just my way of putting it. Socializing and learning stuff, but in a way that doesn't feel like I'm shouting into the void.
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by affectsk 4y ago
Gotta learn from the experts!
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by affectsk 4y ago
Enjoyed the article! Phased attention and transient information is exactly how I see Twitter myself. Trying to stay on top of everything is out of question. I think of Twitter as an ongoing party that I can drop by, see what's up, chat
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by affectsk 4y ago
Yeah, I wouldn't rely on it as a primary marketing channel in most cases, especially if I had to build it from the ground up. Conflating "feels good" with "this is working" is right on point, too. I'm sure it w
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by affectsk 4y ago
I guess that's one benefit of not having started earlier!
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by affectsk 4y ago
Low-key yeah, I do want to figure out how to win, but I haven't gotten there yet. Your way of "getting" it is perfectly fine, too - if that's what you want out of it. Right now I do enjoy reading people's personal s
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by affectsk 4y ago
That's exactly how I feel about it! Couldn't have put it better myself. Posting on Facebook, LinkedIn or even Instagram feels like making a statement. I can't just throw a random thought or a picture in there, it feels out of
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by affectsk 4y ago
If you're there to go viral then sure, outrage can work - just like it does anywhere else. But I'd argue most people aren't there to go viral or cause a ruckus. And in that case you can have a great time on Twitter with a rel
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by affectsk 4y ago
It's primarily about what you want out of it. The first few times I tried using Twitter to promote my stuff and failed miserably. If you're there purely for promotion you won't get far, and it's definitely not the best c
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by affectsk 4y ago
Great tips, although I do like the algo - works great for discovery! Other than that, it really is about how you curate it. Follow the people you're interested in, engage with the content you find useful, tell Twitter you don't li
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by affectsk 4y ago
Yup, getting it off the ground was the hard part! My experience was exactly the same as what you've had with your professional account. LinkedIn just made more sense for professional stuff, so I stayed there. In my case having a separa
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by affectsk 4y ago
I'm actually with you on this one! In my case, the algo is pretty good at surfacing useful tweets and people: both new stuff that I find relevant, and tweets from the people I'm following that I missed. So I generally use lists to
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by affectsk 4y ago
Yep, I've found that if you're really good at what you do and/or have a narrow enough niche you'll have a much easier time getting people to interact with you. If you're just alright and/or don't have a na
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by affectsk 4y ago
Yep, and the cool part is you don't need a lot to start feeling relevant. At least I didn't. A few weeks of consistently showing up and interacting with the same people made them start recognizing me, and that was enough to stop f
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I finally got Twitter after years of not getting it(martinboss.com)
157 points by affectsk 4y ago|215 comments
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I finally got Twitter after years of not getting it(martinboss.com)
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by affectsk 5y ago
As someone who's recently gotten into deliberate practice, I, too, started reading this worried I'm heading in the wrong direction. And it left me with a similar feeling: the author suggests that acquiring tacit knowledge is more