michael_nielsen

AFAICT, the high-order bit is being someone who people are interested in for things they do off Twitter.

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.

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.

Hah, want to critique my bio??

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.

Thanks, I appreciate it. It was my first pass, honestly reflects the subjects I think about most often, trying to give people an easy way to slot me into their pattern recognition...

I'm sure for lots of people that's great. But at least for me I'm often happiest finding people who I have a hard time slotting into my pattern recognition. Not all, of course, but a lot.

Difficult to write that without it sounding like it's a bit pretentious or self-righteous. But I think it's really just a personality characteristic, not something consciously chosen.