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There are certain rules one must abide by when clout-maxing in bird land...
Never insert a link into anything you want to go viral (they don't like you directing people off site)
Avoid profanity (maybe?)
And now another:
Never mention the president after Obama
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There are certain rules one must abide by when clout-maxing in bird land...
Never insert a link into anything you want to go viral (they don't like you directing people off site)
Avoid profanity (maybe?)
And now another:
Never mention the president after Obama
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Twitter analytics are purposefully difficult to assess.
The relation between your followers, likes, retweets, and impressions the # of people who see your tweet, is kept vague.
You could say this is to limit metric gaming, but it also lets admin put its thumb on the scale
Twitter analytics are purposefully difficult to assess.
The relation between your followers, likes, retweets, and impressions the # of people who see your tweet, is kept vague.
You could say this is to limit metric gaming, but it also lets admin put its thumb on the scale
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Notably the most important metric isn't even listed.
The tweet's follower count: The # of followers of the initial tweeter + the followers of all retweeters, is not listed
thus the objective potential reach of a tweet, and its actual post-algorithm reach cant be compared
Notably the most important metric isn't even listed.
The tweet's follower count: The # of followers of the initial tweeter + the followers of all retweeters, is not listed
thus the objective potential reach of a tweet, and its actual post-algorithm reach cant be compared
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Users are left to progress by feel and instinct alone.
Most replying to existing tweets or bouncing around topics would never know if their tweet was underperforming... they'd have no point of reference.
Users are left to progress by feel and instinct alone.
Most replying to existing tweets or bouncing around topics would never know if their tweet was underperforming... they'd have no point of reference.
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I'm an obnoxious user of this app
For a month or so I've only done long threads, with the goal of virality (and directing people to my substack)... and I'm obsessed with my metrics.
I'm someone with definite opinions on how many engagements a thread should have after 1 hour
I'm an obnoxious user of this app
For a month or so I've only done long threads, with the goal of virality (and directing people to my substack)... and I'm obsessed with my metrics.
I'm someone with definite opinions on how many engagements a thread should have after 1 hour
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None of this experience or hawk-like metric watching was at all relevant. The throttling was that obvious.
My recent thread on the T-tower Builder had 36 retweets, 108 likes, and an engagement to impression ratio that's still at 13% 2 days later.
None of this experience or hawk-like metric watching was at all relevant. The throttling was that obvious.
My recent thread on the T-tower Builder had 36 retweets, 108 likes, and an engagement to impression ratio that's still at 13% 2 days later.
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Those were very good retweets too.
One had more than 14k followers and many were in the 1k to 10k range.
In spite of this total impressions were a mere 4,900. barely double my own 2200 followers.
Those were very good retweets too.
One had more than 14k followers and many were in the 1k to 10k range.
In spite of this total impressions were a mere 4,900. barely double my own 2200 followers.
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By contrast my following thread. With a mere 28 vastly less prominent retweets, and a far worse engagement ratio of 5-6%
Its currently looking at 10k impressions in the first 21 hours.
By contrast my following thread. With a mere 28 vastly less prominent retweets, and a far worse engagement ratio of 5-6%
Its currently looking at 10k impressions in the first 21 hours.
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Now does this matter for me? Not really, My account is growing quickly and my blog remarkably fast with it... this sets me back 2ish hours of clout-chasing.
But this has real political implications.
Now does this matter for me? Not really, My account is growing quickly and my blog remarkably fast with it... this sets me back 2ish hours of clout-chasing.
But this has real political implications.
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If merely mentioning our boomer of orange gets your throttled that's a incredible thumb placed on the political scale.
We're in the midst of midterms, the unspeakable Cheeto's endorsements is a major story, and sets the stage for who will control the republican party.
If merely mentioning our boomer of orange gets your throttled that's a incredible thumb placed on the political scale.
We're in the midst of midterms, the unspeakable Cheeto's endorsements is a major story, and sets the stage for who will control the republican party.
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And in the midst of this republican civil war, and wider contest... big tech is restricting the very name of the most prominent politician in the US?
What can one do?
Well I know what I advise...Don't speak of the forbidden one
And in the midst of this republican civil war, and wider contest... big tech is restricting the very name of the most prominent politician in the US?
What can one do?
Well I know what I advise...Don't speak of the forbidden one
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