Christopher Bouzy
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Thank you for explaining to me how Twitter works. "Interesting leaders" won't migrate anywhere without an audience interested in their content. You build the community first. Stop comparing a 17-year-old website to a 6-month-old website. What you are describing doesn't happen overnight.
Shmarya Rosenberg @Shmarya
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🧵Without news outlets and academics, there’s little reason for Twitter’s base to be here. Which is why they aren’t. Same is true for smaller groups like various ethnic Twitters, tech Twitters, etc. If interesting leaders don’t migrate here, the followers won’t, either.…1/
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Christopher Bouzy
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It takes time to break years of habit. That is why with all the toxicity and people claiming they are leaving Twitter, they are still there tweeting away. Because that is what their brains are conditioned to do. You have to literally build a new community.
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Christopher Bouzy
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The key isn't only attracting users already on Twitter but attracting users outside of Twitter who haven't developed a habit of tweeting daily. Once again, this doesn't happen overnight.
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Christopher Bouzy
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And I do blame the media for folks thinking this can happen overnight.
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Claudia Citro
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Our ‘instant gratification’ society thinks you can build this community over night. Spoutans are creating something new. I hope it’s more about joining other people on this journey than getting ‘followers’. BTW, could we call this joining someone rather than following? I also don’t see the
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06:02 PM - Aug 19, 2023
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Claudia Citro
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Point in following who others call famous. The blue check thing is meaningless to me. We have very talented, intelligent, and interesting 🤨 people all over the place here. I learn so much every day, and appreciate this social media platform very much.
Happy Honey Bee Day!
06:07 PM - Aug 19, 2023
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Jennifer Moore Baker
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Here, here! I have found some wonderful people here, learned new things and enjoyed back and forth interaction with my fellow “little people”. I miss the national parks on Twitter, but we have bodies of water so hopefully the national,parks will find us, too.
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Greg Dickson
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I agree
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