At what follower count does a lowbie graduate?
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more interesting question, at what follower count do diminishing returns start / does twitter start to get worse
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I think it depends what worse means to you. I’m quite averse to fame and 30k is way too much, trying to go pseudonym and might do something different altogether, 3k was my ideal
Def was more upside at 8k+ than 3k in terms of interesting responses tho
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I basically just want 10 people I really like in my life, I see twitter as a way to share broader thoughts with world for those who find them useful, but I’d rather not be personally associated with them at all
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(By them I meant the thoughts, not the world, although to some extent I guess I’m saying the world too)
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I’m curious if has an opinion on following size and how many people you want in your life vs how much you want a big audience etc
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Twitter isn't for friends at a certain point, but also life kind of isn't for friends at a certain point; my feelings of censorship and lack of intimacy on twitter roughly reflect in a way the general trajectory I have in life.
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I don't really remember twitter sub 15k; that was maybe 6 years ago? I feel like I started to feel like a "real person" at around 30k.
uh rereading my original I want to clarify; I still have intimacy with people, but it is increasingly taking place in a form where I have to intentionally carve out a bubble for it, as opposed to it organically happening with people; my trajectory is less intimacy with strangers
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Is that because there aren't really strangers for you? You kind of have to assume most people you interact with know more about you than you do about them? Or because your dance card is full?
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Huh, what does feeling like a real person feel like?
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uh like my Twitter account was meaningful in some way, like far away enough from other follower counts to hit some additional category?
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As I only have around 30 reason followers this does not make me feel like a real person or even the ephemeral imagination of one. Do I exist? Please comfirm. 😢