However, I do prioritize being pretty liberal with blocking. I do a podcast at The Daily Beast that requires me to book around seven guests a week, and Twitter is great because almost everybody I can potentially book is on it. I get sources, stories, and just people wanting to talk in my Direct Messages all the time. In the real world, you probably don’t feel like you can just walk up and talk to someone you admire, but you can in messages. Everyone should have open Direct Messages, so you can just write to people - that’s one of the best things about Twitter. I’m careful to only Tweet or Retweet things from reputable outlets, especially breaking news or medical information. If something doesn’t look real or seems unverified, trust your instincts and don’t elevate that content. One thing I’ve learned though, especially recently, is that I don’t have to have a “take” on everything, and if there’s a question about the information or what’s happening, don’t touch it. You can have a teenager somewhere who Tweets a thought on something, and suddenly everyone has seen it. Twitter is very egalitarian no one person is better than another. It’s not that I don’t love the big outlets like The New York Times or The Atlantic, but if I can improve the discourse by amplifying the work of The Texas Tribune or The 19th, I’ll keep my eye on that. I’d rather Tweet a good article than a hot take, and I like to promote local news - pieces written by a local reporter or a smaller, nonprofit organization. When it comes to what I share with my audience, I try to be extremely thoughtful. Though I like to know what’s going on right now, I’m very distractible, so I sometimes have trouble moderating. I tend to look at throughout the day, then go back to my writing.
That makes my mentions pretty tame and cuts down on some of the noise so that I can focus. My notifications are set so that I only see interactions from people I follow. It’s like an RSS feed - the Top Articles are all what people in my network are sharing, so it’s really useful. It’s going to sound a bit like evangelizing, but that’s where Twitter Blue comes in. I have three teenagers and three dogs, so I get everybody up and going around 6:30 a.m., which means mornings are chaotic. In today’s edition, we’re talking to Molly Jong-Fast, journalist and podcaster for The Atlantic, Vogue Magazine, The Daily Beast, and more How do the best accounts on Twitter use Twitter? How do they balance their Tweeting with their day job, how often do they check their mentions, and, most importantly, who are their favorite follows? In Who I Follow, we explore the habits of our favorite follows.
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