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2. Provide a curated list of Twitter accounts I think the new users might like to follow. These would be accounts I find interesting + are good role models for how to do Twitter well.
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3. Write a short guide to good Twitter usage + etiquette. Explain the basics (likes, RTs, quote-tweets, replies, DMs) as well as higher-level use cases (asking questions, having conversations, sharing screenshots, meeting up with people IRL).
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Now the key to the whole thing.... 5. Get all new users to _follow each other_. That way they don't start at 0. That way they can post top-level tweets and actually have an audience. That way they can like and reply to each other.
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So that's the basic idea. Now, why don't *I* run this kind of program? In short: I'm bad at facilitating community. I could probably make a decent stab at it, but it would take me a lot of emotional energy that I just don't have these days. But I do think it's a great idea!
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Anyway, thanks for letting me get that off my mind. LMK if you've heard of anyone doing something similar! I'd be curious to hear how it went. And please share any riffs on this idea and/or positive suggestions for improvement.
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Seems like people think this could be useful for existing users as well. I like ’s description of it, as helping people move from bad Twitter neighborhoods to good ones
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Maybe there’s even as aspect of this idea that’s less about getting someone from outside of Twitter to inside it, but rather from a “bad Twitter neighborhood” to a better one?
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“Community” is the wrong word. I used the “airport” metaphor for refactor damp recently, and in the same sprit, this is like a happening downtown or mall where paths cross. I wouldn’t run the program your way. That’s better suited for closed subcultural scenes.
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