A few days ago I talked about how, when you interact with a very high follower account, you engage with their socio-cultural position not the person. Pretty wild how I only now get celebrity.
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Replying to @Shugars
I’m still small enough that I recognize and read a lot from people who chat with me. like, it feels very personal to me. But, I think I’m the 50k or so range, it shifts in a way that makes it a space of constantly shifting strangers and directionless feedback.
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Replying to @generativist @Shugars
I’m at like 50% you and the weirdest bit has been the niche fame?? I’ve had people come up to me at other people’s events I’m just squatting at in ny like I JUST WANTED TO SAY I LIKE YOUR TWEETS
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Replying to @farbandish @Shugars
It’s definitely really weird. But it’s such a great experience because it just opens up so many fantastic conversational doors that I wouldn’t have had by any other means. I’m not shy but conference self-intros are so exhausting!
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Replying to @generativist @Shugars
Ditto! But I always worry I’m disappointing people. I got lunch with a load of people after a talk I did recently and professors had come from /other universities/ to see it and ended up feeling like I was both too loud and too insufficiently present.
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Replying to @farbandish @Shugars
Oh yea, same. I think
@MaureenBug had a thread on this but my competency is fading as my drink has now kicked in so I couldn’t find it.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Y'all. You both are awesome. If you worry about disappointing people, it's only because you are Good Humans. But...you shouldn't worry about disappointing people because you are entirely sufficient and just the right amount of loud
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