tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525472174858926052.post8305316481579101018..comments2022-01-08T10:13:53.412-08:00Comments on Clifton Hill - Writer and Artist of the Fantastical: The Catch-22 of TwitterClifton Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07023008377807431117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525472174858926052.post-14778875797033286142010-12-16T06:47:58.283-08:002010-12-16T06:47:58.283-08:00Thanks for the comment, Robert. I agree that, at t...Thanks for the comment, Robert. I agree that, at times, it can seem like that. Best bet is just to do what you're doing and take what you can from the experience. The fact that you're on there and active is good by itself. At least you're connected and if you get some work published you're in a good position to help market it.<br /><br />I certainly thought that Twitter would be a good part of a strategy to gain a following to help ensure a publisher takes notice, but it's too easy to gain numbers with little impact. I kind of doubt that anyone really looks at follower count too seriously, unless you have a massive following and little that you follow in return. No way will I get to a place like that without some content, to which I am working.<br /><br />I like Twitter for its instant connectivity, ability to cross lines to people you would never be able to touch basis with normally and the networking. Will it become more one day. Maybe. We'll see. I know now that if it is a tool to become published, it is just one of many.Clifton Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023008377807431117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525472174858926052.post-73670730231710272402010-12-15T08:43:54.703-08:002010-12-15T08:43:54.703-08:00I gave up on the social marketing aspects of Twitt...I gave up on the social marketing aspects of Twitter. Unless you already have something of a following nobody seems to care, and when you do they only seem to care so they can suck up your followers. I admit that's rather negative but Twitter really seems like a selfish place, BUT only if you're there for the SOLO need to push yourself. It just seems like most are.<br /><br />Instead, Twitter has become my place to chat with fellow nerdy and/or geeky people, writers, programmers, web designers, etc. I have made a few friends, we talk back and forth, laugh at various misadventures and the like. That works for me.<br /><br />Maybe people just take these things too seriously.Robert W. Leonardhttp://www.robertwleonard.com/noreply@blogger.com