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THREAD: the internet has given us unprecedented leverage to annoy each other.
Here are some ways to be insufferable on Twitter.
Let's please stop doing these things asap:
Here are some ways to be insufferable on Twitter.
Let's please stop doing these things asap:
1/ Tweeting fortune cookie replies to fortune cookie tweets.
The only thing worse than fortune cookie tweets are the replies.
Each reply competes to sound wiser, creating a self-replicating strain of bro wisdom that extends far beyond the outer edges of acceptable behavior.
The only thing worse than fortune cookie tweets are the replies.
Each reply competes to sound wiser, creating a self-replicating strain of bro wisdom that extends far beyond the outer edges of acceptable behavior.
2/ Tweeting about how you stopped using technology for a period and enjoyed it.
I suspect that some of us are thinking about our drafts folder while worshiping at the alter of nature.
The only outdoor activity these tweets make me yearn for is being launched into the sun:
I suspect that some of us are thinking about our drafts folder while worshiping at the alter of nature.
The only outdoor activity these tweets make me yearn for is being launched into the sun:
3/ Sharing a “must-follow” list of the same five people everybody already follows and acting like you mined gold.
Bruh, everybody knows about these accounts.
Also, why are these lists always 100% dudes?
Return your shovel, o’ miner. This gold's been mined.
Bruh, everybody knows about these accounts.
Also, why are these lists always 100% dudes?
Return your shovel, o’ miner. This gold's been mined.
4/ Parroting Naval.
Every day, thousands of people decide that the highest-leverage thing they could be doing is tweeting about leverage.
Please *leverage* your common sense instead; regurgitating other people's ideas verbatim is low-impact.
Every day, thousands of people decide that the highest-leverage thing they could be doing is tweeting about leverage.
Please *leverage* your common sense instead; regurgitating other people's ideas verbatim is low-impact.
5/ Tweeting a photo of a physical book page.
It is inspiring that you can read, but very few people want to pinch-zoom into a pixelated photo to decipher a dim, underlined passage buried underneath Cheeto stains and a huge block of text.
Post a Goodreads screenshot. Please.
It is inspiring that you can read, but very few people want to pinch-zoom into a pixelated photo to decipher a dim, underlined passage buried underneath Cheeto stains and a huge block of text.
Post a Goodreads screenshot. Please.
6/ Asking people to help you reach a follower milestone.
"Who's going to get me to 1,000 followers?"
"Help my friend reach 1,000 followers!"
"Wow, you guys, 1,000 followers. Thank you."
You have offered me no value. Please shoot me
And don’t stop until I cross 10k followers
"Who's going to get me to 1,000 followers?"
"Help my friend reach 1,000 followers!"
"Wow, you guys, 1,000 followers. Thank you."
You have offered me no value. Please shoot me
And don’t stop until I cross 10k followers
7/ Sharing a “hot take” that is profoundly agreeable.
I don’t know who needs to hear this (lol), but if 150k people retweet something it might not be a hot take.
It might be something else:
A widely-held, self-evident belief.
I don’t know who needs to hear this (lol), but if 150k people retweet something it might not be a hot take.
It might be something else:
A widely-held, self-evident belief.
Welp, that's a wrap.
What'd I miss? Reply below.
To find out which of these insufferable things I do, you’ll have to follow me: @stewfortier
Or join the short, fun email I send out (yes, that's me and @RichardDawkins kicking it in the Galapagos): http://stewfortier.com/stews-letter
What'd I miss? Reply below.
To find out which of these insufferable things I do, you’ll have to follow me: @stewfortier
Or join the short, fun email I send out (yes, that's me and @RichardDawkins kicking it in the Galapagos): http://stewfortier.com/stews-letter
