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Greg McVerry

@ladawarranty @Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua It's about risk mana

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@ladawarranty @Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua It's about risk management. A public list of your electric train friends no problem A public list of forgers or fundraisers. It will be targeted. They were targeted I wish it wasn't so, but it is. If a list carries risk, make it p

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua Yeah I find asking f

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@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua Yeah I find asking for follows and making recommendations can help. Don't make lists public though. They become attack vectors. Just keep a private list and then on Follow Friday suggest accounts from that list by retweeting and a

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua But again Follow Fri

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@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua But again Follow Friday is a tradition that is decades old. Two things can be true. Follow Friday and Follow requests are ineffective Trying to stop follow Friday and follow requests is ineffective. I shared some ideas you folks c

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @ladawarranty @DeniseEngle7 @SteveTownsend0 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua And @Epifrenetics my

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@Epifrenetics @ladawarranty @DeniseEngle7 @SteveTownsend0 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua And @Epifrenetics my feed is messed with and probably deserve it. Been on Tweetdeck for 14 years. Going from 50 chronological feeds to one algorithmic cesspool also sucks. I almost pay Elon. But then I remember why I can't.

Greg McVerry

@ladawarranty @Epifrenetics @DeniseEngle7 @SteveTownsend0 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua More alum now. One t

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@ladawarranty @Epifrenetics @DeniseEngle7 @SteveTownsend0 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua More alum now. One thing fellas need to stress is it's about Ukrainian voices. Not you. Glad accomplishments go unnoticed. What I meant by for "Brain Damaged Dogs there is no I in Fight"

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua not disagreeing that

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@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua not disagreeing that's thing. I think it's dumb AF when people think boost matters. But I also know not to try and shift thirty years of internet culture, boost is old AF, and if getting a follow makes a fella feel good. Who cares

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua You disagree with pe

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@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua You disagree with people's methods of doing boosts and Follow Friday I Disagree with your method of getting people to amplify Ukrainian causes by complaining about people's methods Both are ineffective 2 things true Modeling more

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua My thesis is if the

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@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua My thesis is if the goal is to amplify Ukrainian voices. Then tweets about that are probably more effective than tweets complaining about Follow Friday. It's Sunday, my time, and this wrird Jihad against Follow Friday drones on. I

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua What is considered a

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@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua What is considered a good engagement rate? You said there are mechanisms. I would assume you know the baselines you are using to complain about how people use the Twitter machine.

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua Now tell me what is

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@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua Now tell me what is considered a good engagement rate on Twitter? 17% doesn't seem way too high? Then ask is my engagement rate that high or is my numerator artificially lower? I doubt I get a 17% engagement rate.

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @SteveTownsend0 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua It goes on and off S

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@Epifrenetics @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @SteveTownsend0 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua It goes on and off Scroll up in thread. Lada posted shots Find it best to just not give a f**k about metrics. How many times have you replied to me? Each one could have amplified Ukrainian voices Instead complain about not getting

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua Further your thesis

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@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua Further your thesis is broken by treating each impression equally. If your goal is to get people to amplify Ukrainian causes. Do more modeling less complaining. Work always gets more work done when compared to complaining about ho

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua Just suggesting that

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@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua Just suggesting that instead of talking to me, which 100% will lower your impressions. You should amplify Ukrainian voices, not complain about people complaining. Explain this math. 585 views. 34 engagements. That's 17%. Gonna tel

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua But you are constant

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@Epifrenetics @SteveTownsend0 @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua But you are constantly complaining about people constantly complaining about being invisible. Have youtt ried amplifying Ukrainian causees instead of complaining. May inspire 4 instead of convincing two. Thus you do MOAR Try it.

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @SteveTownsend0 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua I know how to do soc

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@Epifrenetics @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @SteveTownsend0 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua I know how to do social network analysis. I am working blind without APIS. Don't trust the apps people cire bc I know they can't scrape. I stil know often that I may (of course I don't know) maybe Shadowbanned. Scroll up and look

Greg McVerry

@Epifrenetics @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @SteveTownsend0 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua Not what I said. I s

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@Epifrenetics @DeniseEngle7 @ladawarranty @SteveTownsend0 @Official_NAFO @Kama_Kamilia @saintjavelin @LibertyUkraineF @U24_gov_ua Not what I said. I said if your goal is to elevate Ukrainian voices then elevating Ukrainian voices is probably more effective than trying to explain Twitter's algorithm to brain damaged dogs. Shadowbanning is very real. Hits me a

Greg McVerry