Twitter’s Propensity for One Liners

I’ve recently begun using twitter on a more consistent basis.  I sometimes find it difficult to attract new followers that aren’t spam bots trying to sell me porn. I recently started trying to understand what I need to do to get new followers.  I find that most of the people I follow own some company or service that I’m interested in. I don’t have a company or service to attract followers, so I decided evaluate how I make friends in the real world. 

Usually I tend to make friends by offering comical insight or odd perspectives on topics of interest. I provide a view of a situation that might warrant some attention. Sometimes this involves rather lengthy debate, but sometimes all it takes is a series of one liners that create interesting juxtaposition.  Interestingly enough Twitter caters to these one liners quite nicely.  The character limit imposed by twitter prevents the lengthy debate style conversations I might prefer to have.  It instead forces me to simply add my two cents worth to a conversation.  But cming up with 40 or 50 one liners a day can be quite difficult.

One liners don’t enter my mind very easily.  It takes some work, and sometimes some knowledge of the people your presenting them to.  You need to understand your audience to pick up on things they’ll find funny or witty.  The problem with twitter is that the view of any one persons life only comes via the same short snippets I’m trying to make an impact with.  And because the birds I follow are usually organised around undustry not character similarity, it’s hard to find one liners that don’t alienate some while appealing to others.  I’ve been taking shots in the dark on a one off basis hoping someone might find me humourous/insightful to moderate success.  I’ve also been toying with a the option of just not caring how many followers I have.  Resigning myself to this option (at least for now) seems a little bit like quitting.  Whatevs!

Cheers,

Tarandon