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How to Use Twitter

You can still take advantage of the serendipity of the network

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@dmankar22 over 1 year ago

I am an 87-year-old techno-illiterate author of an experimental novel ('The Last Gandhi Movie') and 3 other unpublished books looking for a traditional publisher who wandered into this place by accident, not design.

@metcalfe.jill over 1 year ago

"Tweet for the kinds of followers you want.
Over time you build up a sense of what types of tweets “do well” and which don’t. Be suspicious of this instinct. It's fine to occasionally tweet for engagement, but I suggest taking the “journal” idea seriously and tweeting for the kinds of followers you want. In practice, you'll find that viral tweets don't get you high-quality followers—the kind of people you’ll get along with and develop friendships with. Tweet thoughts that attract those people, and don’t focus on virality."
- This runs counter to most of the advice out there but in my experience this is spot on.
Great article.