Thread by @svpino

100,000 followers!

Here is a rant about followers, some "you-can-do-it" encouragement, and a little bit about my account's story.

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Of course, this tweet was a way for me to hack the number of people who go and look at my profile.

You know, one of those silly experiments I've been doing.

But here is the thing: although 100,000 is still out there, it will happen at some point this year!

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Remember, I started building an audience 8 months ago, with almost nobody listening.

I now have 42,000+ people paying attention!

This shows me one thing: If I could do this, so can you!

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I started talking about web development because everyone around me seemed to be a web developer.

I felt I had to fit in.

But I don't like web development! So fuck it, I either talk about what I care about, or I don't talk at all!

I started posting about machine learning.

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And nobody cared ☹️.

Look at the attached tweets back in June. A single like each one of them! (That's after having several threads with thousands of likes!)

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When you are starting, it is hard. It feels like you are talking to a wall.

But stay on course, interact with others, and people will reward you for it!

Little by little, people started to pay attention to what I was posting.

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I didn't have to "fit in" and talk about the same thing that everyone else was talking about!

I was able to find my niche and go after it.

Attached is the follower count over these 8 months. 7,000 followers on average over the last 5 months.

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If I stay the course and keep helping others, 100,000 is definitely a possibility sometime this year.

But here is the important part: I learned that getting new followers is easy. I know exactly what to post and how to post it to get flocks of people clicking the button.

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But is it worth it?

Would I want to be known as the guy with many followers that posts click-baity threads with no depth whatsoever?

Or would I rather be helpful and have true followers that benefit from my content every time?

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It sounds cheesy, but I really want the latter.

That's why, for a couple of months, I've been moving towards more intentional content.

It takes longer, but it makes me proud.

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So there you have it.

This seems like the perfect opportunity to pitch you my course to build your Twitter audience, but I won't do it to give this thread a little more credibility.

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Stay awesome, and ask away if you have any questions!