![]() In the next section, I’ll show you how to use this List effectively (because once again, the “default” settings Twitter gives you will not help you). The goal of creating a Twitter List is to choose 1 specific topic and fill it intentionally with people you want to learn from. If you’re reading this on your phone, bookmark it and come back when you’re on your computer. Use Twitter to learn, explore useful ideas, and discover content templatesĭisclaimer: this is done best from your desktop (which is also the best way to spend time on Twitter).Making it easy to build & nurture relationships with others in your niche.Seeing only high-quality tweets from people you follow (and making sure you don’t miss them).No ads, no “suggested tweets,” and no doomscrolling.Viewing tweets by topic instead of all in one feed.Wouldn’t it be nice if you could log in to Twitter and use it with intention? Here’s how: How to use Twitter correctly (with Lists, TweetDeck, and Advanced Search) Luckily, there’s a better way to use Twitter. You’re getting hits of dopamine from all of your different interests but in a way that makes absorbing any of that information impossible (due the cognitive load of context switching). This is fine if Twitter automatically curated Lists for you from the people you follow (which I’ll show you how to do in the next section).īut instead, the home feed punishes your intellectual curiosity by showing:Īgain, the home feed becomes a noisy place that makes doomscrolling all too easy. Twitter attracts curious individuals – those with multiple interests across different areas who like to learn directly from the top thinkers in the space.Īs a result, the list of people you follow will span dozens of interests – politics, sports, tech, writing, entrepreneurship – whatever it is you want to learn more about. Mistake #2: They follow hundreds of people across all of their different interests If you’re using Twitter correctly, you’re on there to consume high-quality information from smart people across different topics & industries, not spend hours scrolling mindlessly.Īnd as a creator, avoiding being a “consumer” is your number one priority. Twitter determines something as a “top Tweet” if it keeps a user on its platform for longer – but that goal isn’t in the best interest of the user. Twitter constructs the home feed this way because it makes doomscrolling easier. Ads that have the relevance of a 2 AM infomercial.“Topic” tweets it thinks you might be interested in.This change meant you were no longer guaranteed to see the tweets of someone you followed (because the algorithm may decide their tweets aren’t “top Tweet” worthy). Over the last few years, Twitter transitioned from showing tweets chronologically to showing “top Tweets” (the “top” distinction determined by “algorithms”). There’s a reason your newsfeed is a mess. The average Twitter uses makes 2 big mistakes that keep them from using it in a beneficial way: Mistake #1: They consume all of Twitter in the home feed with “top Tweets” shown first. Why your current Twitter set up is broken A few massive benefits this new system unlocks for you (and how to get the most out of it).How to fix it using Twitter Lists, TweetDeck, and Advanced Search.Why your current Twitter set up is broken (on both desktop & mobile).And as a result, almost every Twitter user opts in to the “default” Twitter settings (which, as you’ll learn in today’s Deep Dive, are not beneficial to you as a digital writer & digital creator). Because the truth is, Twitter does a horrible job educating users on its product. If you’re reading this, there is a 99% chance you are using Twitter poorly.īut don’t worry-it’s not your fault.
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