7 Things I’ve Learned About Twitter

Twitter is a challenge to conquer.

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Not long ago, I challenged myself to write a Twitter thread for thirty days straight.

I gave up after ten days. It was tiring. The problem was sustainable momentum. I didn’t have the energy or the time to keep creating threads.

For me, Twitter is a challenge. I’m learning what works. I’m learning what I need to focus on to conquer the platform.

1. Curate Your Feed

Twitter lists are amazing.

It allows you to curate your feed. You’re looking at specific tweets from specific people. This is what James Clear does. He doesn’t follow anyone. He just has a private list of people that he puts on his Twitter feed.

I love it because you’re not bombarded with tweets from everyone you follow. You’re also not looking at tweets that Twitter throws at you.

You’re choosing the content you want to see.

2. Look at the History of Tweets

One of my favorite things to do on Twitter is looking at someone’s history of tweets.

For instance, Justin Welsh has 300k Twitter followers. I like to see what he was tweeting a few years ago to get started. I like to see what…