Why Twitter Is Dope And How To Use It

I've met some of the smartest and most interesting people I know through twitter. I talk about why I invested time in it and what has worked for me.

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   How to use Twitter to make you smarter and find
   interesting people
   Why Twitter Is
   Dope
   

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   Disclaimer
   Everything said here is *my* experience with
   Twitter, there are a lots of different
   communities and approaches to using it
   

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   W H Y T W I T T E R I S D O P E
   Some personal
   facts
   

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   I…uh…spend a lot of time on it
   WTF????
   

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   So much so that I
   even have haters
   

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   It’s become the primary way for
   me to filter news, papers, etc. I’m
   interested in
   

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   I meet about 50%-60% of new people
   through Twitter
   I usually get coffee/meals/drinks with
   ~1 person per week via Twitter
   

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   When someone
   asks you how
   you met
   someone and
   you say through
   Twitter
   

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   W H Y T W I T T E R I S D O P E
   Why You
   Should Use
   Twitter
   

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    It’s a new way to make friends + networks
    The Regular Way People Make Friends
    1 Proximity 2
    Discovering mutual
    interests (conversations)
    3 Repeated interactions
    The Twitter Way To Make Friends
    1 Proximity
    2
    Discovering mutual
    interests (conversations) 3
    Repeated interactions
    

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    Making friends is geography agnostic
    

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    Making friends is geography agnostic
    

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    Making friends is geography agnostic
    

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    It’s also “status” agnostic – you have direct
    access to people and mentors you might be
    able to access normally
    lol
    

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    It lets other people know what topics you’re
    interested in at a given time
    

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    Twitter is the only social network
    where you don’t bring your existing
    friends/connections with you to start
    Because of that…
    

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    Twitter gives priority to people’s ideas
    Facebook, Instagram, Snap, etc. gives
    priority to people’s personal life
    updates
    

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    W H Y T W I T T E R I S D O P E
    Dos and Don’ts
    

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    DO: Get into other people’s
    conversations and reply with your
    opinions + thoughts
    (THIS IS PRIORITY #1)
    

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    How it looks when
    you’re tweeting to
    your followers at
    the beginning
    

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    Other people will start seeing what you write
    when you reply, you don’t need lots of followers
    

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    DO: Use lists to toggle between
    different topics
    

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    Build lists to toggle between topics of your
    choice or subscribe to other people’s lists
    

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    DO: Unfollow people if they aren’t
    tweeting about stuff you like
    

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    The unfollow button is your best friend
    

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    Don’t just keep stacking followers, prune as
    your interests change
    

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    Twitter is one of the only places where it’s totally normal
    to remove a connection - which is why your feed stays
    relevant
    How often do you remove friends from FB even if you’re
    not friends with them anymore?
    

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    DO: Follow the people your
    favorite accounts follow
    

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    Most underrated
    area is the
    “followers you
    know” area
    If it has a lot of
    people you like, it’s
    a good sign
    

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    When you find a person you like, see who they
    follow
    Click here to see who they follow
    

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    DO: Follow people who prioritize
    engaging with their followers
    

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    Click on “tweets &
    replies”. Good rule
    of thumb is at least
    2:1 tweets to replies
    in the last 10 tweets
    (ballpark). More is
    better!
    

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    DON’T: Auto-tweet links
    

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    If it’s all buff.ly,
    bit.ly, etc. links
    avoid!
    Auto-tweeting links
    is akin to spam and
    signals you don’t
    want to converse
    

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    The best part of the platform is
    the conversations, find people
    who take part in that
    

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    DON’T: Use hashtags
    

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    It just screams “I’m here to market stuff and get
    as many eyeballs as possible”
    

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    DON’T: Follow non-people
    (brands, publications, firms, etc.)
    

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    You probably don’t care about ALL of these
    articles + they aren’t engaging accounts
    

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    The people you
    follow will be your
    filter. Interesting
    stuff will end up
    in your feed +
    have commentary
    from them too.
    

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    DO: Follow people with less followers
    They aren’t full of themselves +
    they’re more opinionated, engaging,
    and down to hang
    

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    DO: Reach out to people via DM
    

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    It can be the start of
    a beautiful
    friendship + people
    are more down to
    meet than you think
    This is a steakhouse
    

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    DON’T: Try to get retweets for the
    sake of engagement
    

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    C’mon…
    You lose respect
    instantly doing this,
    esp from people you
    might want to meet
    

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    Golden rule: Quality of followers >
    Quantity of followers
    

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    DON’T: Participate in “outrage”
    twitter or get dragged in a twitter
    fight
    

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    People
    participating in
    rage twitter are
    not aiming to
    learn or change
    their views, it’s
    not worth your
    time
    

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    Just ignore trolls
    or people trying to
    bait you into an
    argument
    ???????
    

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    DON’T: Feel the need to jump into
    whatever the current hot topic of
    discussion is
    You don’t HAVE to have a take
    

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    DO: Use mute words
    

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    Mute words let you avoid topics like politics if
    you don’t want to see them
    

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    DON’T: Be afraid to be wrong
    

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    People will call you
    out for being wrong –
    and you’ll learn!
    Imagine how long it
    would take to find out
    you were wrong if you
    kept it to yourself
    

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    DON’T: Tweet about stuff too
    niche to your life/situation to be
    relatable
    

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    Sweet
    

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    DON’T: Put “@account” at the very
    very beginning of your tweet
    

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    Using “@”
    at the very
    beginning
    registers
    as a reply
    to that
    account
    

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    DON’T: Tweet things like “great
    read” without adding some of your
    own commentary or why
    

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    DON’T: Be a suckup or constant
    congratulator
    People have enough “yes”
    men/women in their lives, be
    someone that makes them think
    

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    DO: Find your own style/what
    works for you
    

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    I like using threads
    and making memes,
    but everyone has their
    own style. Just make
    one that helps you
    find interesting
    people.
    

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    DON’T: Give up! It’s a slow build
    

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    And trust me, you’ll
    probably get rekt
    along the way…it’s
    inevitable but you’ll
    learn from it
    

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    But eventually…you’ll
    find friends, advice,
    news, and more that’ll
    make the investment
    worth while
    

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    THANK YOU!!!
    Except for this guy
    

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