I'm so sorry to hear this. Because I teach social, I have to keep a presence there, and I'm always so careful of what I say. I turned down a NYT interview about my dissatisfaction about Twitter because I was fairly sure that would get me banned in a hot minute. I don't use it as much anymore, because I feel so sad when I'm there...it's so full of hate and trolls now. It's actually why I turned to SubStack...figured I needed to find new ways to connect. Twitter absolutely was a fantastic billboard...a way for people to discover new things, new people, new ideas. I really miss what it was. I am hopeful for Jack Dorsey's BlueSky, but who knows--he's the one who pushed Elon to buy Twitter after all, so not sure how his common sense is holding up these days.
Whenever I see people talk about how Twitter presence doesn't translate into sales, I wonder how they're measuring it and accounting for all the variables. I'm just one data point, but I ABSOLUTELY have discovered a ton of new authors via Twitter, even if indirectly... including you (I started following Alexandra Rowland when they were retweeted by another writer I follow, which led me to Worldbuilding for Masochists, which led me to you and your co-hosts). It sucks that you were banned and I'm so sorry, I hope you can get reinstated soon. Love your books, I have the new one purchased and in my TBR queue, can't wait to find out how that cliffhanger resolves :)
incredible. And I completely understand about other platforms. IG isn't good for exchange/conversation (even beyond having to pay for traction). Mastodon 's vibe doesn't work for me. I have an account on Post, which looks good, but, like IG, it doesn't foster casual exchange and also weights heavily in favor of a few big names, although at least it doesn't have the bots and spamming of IG, from what little I've seen.
That's so damn frustrating, I'm sorry. Fwiw, I find your Instagram presence to be very 'marketable' though I know discoverability there is not great. 💜
I'm so sorry to hear this. Because I teach social, I have to keep a presence there, and I'm always so careful of what I say. I turned down a NYT interview about my dissatisfaction about Twitter because I was fairly sure that would get me banned in a hot minute. I don't use it as much anymore, because I feel so sad when I'm there...it's so full of hate and trolls now. It's actually why I turned to SubStack...figured I needed to find new ways to connect. Twitter absolutely was a fantastic billboard...a way for people to discover new things, new people, new ideas. I really miss what it was. I am hopeful for Jack Dorsey's BlueSky, but who knows--he's the one who pushed Elon to buy Twitter after all, so not sure how his common sense is holding up these days.
Whenever I see people talk about how Twitter presence doesn't translate into sales, I wonder how they're measuring it and accounting for all the variables. I'm just one data point, but I ABSOLUTELY have discovered a ton of new authors via Twitter, even if indirectly... including you (I started following Alexandra Rowland when they were retweeted by another writer I follow, which led me to Worldbuilding for Masochists, which led me to you and your co-hosts). It sucks that you were banned and I'm so sorry, I hope you can get reinstated soon. Love your books, I have the new one purchased and in my TBR queue, can't wait to find out how that cliffhanger resolves :)
incredible. And I completely understand about other platforms. IG isn't good for exchange/conversation (even beyond having to pay for traction). Mastodon 's vibe doesn't work for me. I have an account on Post, which looks good, but, like IG, it doesn't foster casual exchange and also weights heavily in favor of a few big names, although at least it doesn't have the bots and spamming of IG, from what little I've seen.
I've found Counter Social to be a friendly place, though a lot more low key than Twitter.
That's so damn frustrating, I'm sorry. Fwiw, I find your Instagram presence to be very 'marketable' though I know discoverability there is not great. 💜