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Originally Posted by trueviking
^ thank you. I appreciate the kind words. It definitely does reach a different audience. When people approach me on the street, there’s a pretty strong demographic split between those who say I follow you on Twitter and those who say I read you in the paper.
I haven’t experienced any of the issues on Twitter that I hear other people facing. (Trolls, ads etc) Not sure why. It’s actually gotten better for me recently because Twitter seems to know who is trolling me and hides those replies under a ‘more replies’ heading at the end of my tweet. I only see them when someone replies back to them.
I also decided a while ago to not give trolls a free pass. If someone is being a clown, I call them on it. Maybe that’s helped. I also now block liberally. Including Elon.
I haven’t seen engagement in my tweets really decline yet. Not noticeably at least. As long as they still gain traction, I’ll keep posting there. It’s also still where media gets its stories from. It makes me laugh how often I can tweet something, like something from this site, and within two hours I have a phone call from someone at CBC or wherever. I often joke with whoever I’m with, let’s see how quickly this becomes news. When I tweeted about Vulcan Ironworks I had a call from CJOB, global tv and free press within an hour.
I’ve had a couple tweets go big that gained like 500+ followers in a day but generally, I have pretty consistently gained 100 followers per month since day one. That has dropped slightly since Elon. People closing their accounts mostly. Same number of new followers but followers dropping off has gone from 10-15 to 20-30 per month.
We will see what happens with Threads. Instagram is a different animal. I could post duplicate tweets over there. But I’ll wait and see what happens before committing. I’m definitely not looking to add more social media to my life.
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Besides BuildWPG (who mostly just posts the news and rumors that seem to float around this forum) there isn't a good Instagram account that does a good job of relaying information and photos of the architectural developments in the city. If you ever decided to start an Instagram dedicated to this (and maybe throw in some historical photos/info every so often as well) I'm sure people would be thrilled, and you'd definitely reach a big audience. Given your background and experience I think you'd be a perfect fit.
As for the sentiment surrounding Elon, I totally agree, which is why something like this would be awesome given the current state of twitter. Elon's algorithm has really shaken things up... and as a longtime twitter follower of yours, it seems as though I barely ever get shown your tweets anymore. I have to search up your twitter handle manually once a week to see if you've posted.
Instagram isn't much better in terms of algo, but the stories feature is a great way to relay new posts to all your followers so that they see when you've released new photos. Think about it! You've got my support, and I'm sure most of us would agree.
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