Hey Twitter power users: have you figured out what makes people follow? I see so many tweets going ultra-viral, from accounts with just a few hundred followers. I would think with many thousands of engagements more of them would convert. So if not engagement, what does work?
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Replying to @WilliamAEden
AFAICT, the high-order bit is being someone who people are interested in for things they do off Twitter.
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @WilliamAEden
I experimented quite a bit with my bio. It's easy to rewrite my bio so it will attract followers much faster than my current bio. But the bio I have seems to do a better job at getting the followers I'd enjoy knowing myself.
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @WilliamAEden
Bios I like - and will instantly follow - convey optimism, curiosity, and are both unique and genuine expressions of who the person is. Perhaps a third of the bios on this list https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/lists/tomorrow/members … have that character.
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Replying to @WilliamAEden
It's a bit of a generic laundry list. The most interesting bit to me (if I hadn't heard nice things via friends-of-friends!) would be the bit about history and anthropology, juxtaposed with the tech. But there's nothing unique in the bio.
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @WilliamAEden
Bio phrases I loved & caused instafollow: "Fallibilist. Optimist" "Think, play, repeat" "The secure transport of light" "I want you to be everyone"
@KevinSimler's@rsnous's@kanjun's & many more. All me-specific; but also them-specific, ppl wearing some of thr heart on thr sleeve1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @michael_nielsen @KevinSimler and
Any thoughts on whether I should post previous affiliations? Very few people have done VC with Peter Thiel, or worked as an economist at the NYFed during the financial crisis...
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Replying to @WilliamAEden @KevinSimler and
It depends on what type of follower you want. Who yawns at Thiel? Or is enraged by Thiel? Or thinks "I must follow"? For me, I admire Thiel (though disagree with him on a huge amount), but knowing someone worked for him is only mildly interesting. But others may differ.
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Posting your affiliation with Thiel will definitely intrigue people. But I also think it’ll draw a TON of negative energy your way, and make Twitter a worse experience for you. Use with caution!!
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Replying to @KevinSimler @michael_nielsen and
Yeahhh as if Twitter needs any more asymmetric negative energy :P I generally prefer to downplay connections instead of overselling. Just exploring the space of what I see other people doing with their bio.
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