The Twitter Experiment

From passive user to tweeting every day for 30 days straight

I’ve never been much of a Twitter user. Despite being on the platform for a few years now, I don’t tweet much. In the past, I’ve played the role of the “lurker” or “curator” instead, mostly using Twitter as a means of sharing links and collecting interesting ideas from others.

Over the past 30 days, I ran an experiment that involved changing this. In this post, I’ll review the experience by breaking down what I liked and didn’t like about engaging with Twitter more actively.

The Experiment

In short, I challenged myself to tweet at least 3 original things a day. I gave myself a few allowances, but for the most part, I stuck to this requirement. This seems simple enough. Lots of people out there do this every day (often a little too much) without thinking twice, but I wanted to start small and see where it went.

I decided to do this experiment in the first place for a few reasons. Primarily, I wanted to share more short-form ideas. For context, I take daily notes of anything that stands out to me. This could be a book that I want to check out, a quote that I liked, an idea for a project, or just something anecdotal that made me think twice.