1. get slightly twitter-famous
2. ask earnest questions from a place of genuine curiosity
3. celebrate everyone who responds thoughtfully
4. block abrasive assholes
5. congrats, you now have a powerful social intelligence engine!
take mine for a spin: ask my friends anything
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I think simply referencing/quoting back anything a person has said is clear "proof-of-work" of having been interested Oprah does this very masterfully, but actually anybody can do the basic thing. (gotta be sincere of course. being a mechanical parroting would be freaky)
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but if you're not interested you're not interested? and that's ok? if you're interested in the person and not the topic then they'll say things that you'll be interested in maybe later

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You seem interesting enough. Me however
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Any tips for someone starting to socialise? I'm just starting to get out of my cocoon (and possibly echo chamber) and I'm blind as a bat 