One big change in my twitter use due to follower count increase was that I engage with respondents *way* less. I used to like... have debates with people who disagreed, or clarify in response to comments more, but I'm increasingly feeling like twitter is not the forum for that.
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I suspect a bit of it is feeling like... vulnerability in people being able to make me respond to them, or something? Which I really didn't mind before but now it really feels more like a vulnerability, like opening myself up to an audience all sitting there with knives
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Debates which used to feel invigorating now are more exhausting; some part of my mental energy is going into more... caution? Less throwing stuff to see what sticks? Imagine a nice discussion with a friend in your living room except hundreds of people are waiting to pounce on you
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p.s., if u want more of my longform thoughts, i've accumulated a medium amount over the years on my blog; archive is on knowingless.com and newer stuff on my substack aella.substack.com
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I guess it doesn't scale, so one needs to aggregate a more general response by subtweeting a genre of replies
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This may have something to do with the algorithm deciding which replies you actually see.
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The problem is that there isn't enough room to get out a thought, but some people treat twitter like a blog and try to do it anyway.
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Totally agree with you here. Twitter is shit as a debate forum or “town hall” and I’m really sick of people acting like it works for that.
