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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