My first ~decade on this app I refused to find out how it works. I threw ideas into the void, it was beneath me to concern myself over it But now that I actually know how it works I can throw my ideas into the void much more effectively! If you're curious here's How Twitter Works

sometimes I think of a banger tweet and then stop myself after realizing the thought is clearly shaped by the 𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕞 that rewards caricature, antagonism and exaggeration

my short, simple advice for a friend who wants to get into sharing on twitter more pic.twitter.com/pshxQrjrGG

Reading the news is like smoking Harmful not just to the consumer, but to anyone nearby experimental-history.com/p/reading-the-… pic.twitter.com/KvaxuQO7Hl

twitter becomes interesting when you treat it like an open diary

The 2-Year Test: How To Find 20+ Topics To Write About In 3 Minutes (Even If You Aren't An Expert): pic.twitter.com/64nvxQVG2b

Twitter algo 101 Boosts - Likes 30x - Retweets 20x - Twitter Blue 2-4x - Trusted circle 3x - Images/videos 2x - Replies 1x Negatives - URL only - No text - Mute - Block - Unfollow - Report pic.twitter.com/mrCuGXB2gJ

5 Thread Templates Responsible For Over 50,000,000 Views On Twitter Alone (I Use These All The Time): pic.twitter.com/hFvk4fzAjs

If I wanted to make money as a new ghostwriter in 2023, Here’re the 9 steps I’d take to make $10,000 before March 31st (from start to finish):

Twitter is best experienced with an attitude of intellectual grace. "What can this person teach me?" is a much more productive question than "How is this person wrong?"

If you curate your feed correctly Twitter has 100x the insights per hour of any other platform (books included). The best way to make this happen is to follow people who are A) experienced and B) post very disciplined and direct content on Twitter. A list of the best:

You're not using one of Twitter's killer features for growth. You need a Twitter SEO strategy. Here are 7 steps to grow using Topics: pic.twitter.com/agQj7LM9Wb

Twitter is, by far, the fastest way to build a high-quality audience. Why? It's quicker to write insightful tweets than it is to produce 10min YouTube videos or 1400-word blog posts. Here's a thread of actionable tactics from studying the fastest-growing Twitter accounts.

How I got to the HN front page three times in a row. A short guide.

👋🌊 [new thing] - What gets a tweet get retweeted? I love studying narrative & storytelling - so I spent > 20 hours digging through Twitter building an index of popular tweets Here's 10 categories of tweets that got traction, with a few examples of each: