When I logged on to Twitter this morning I was greeted by a message wishing me a Happy Twitter anniversary and reminding me that I’ve now been tweeting for 10 years.
Unexpectedly Consistent
In 2015, I blogged about my first six years on Twitter noting some similarities between my first three years and my next three years. Now, at year 10, I’m intrigued that the last four appear to be an extension of that pattern.
| First Three Years | Next Three Years | Last Four Years | |
| # of Tweets | 5,000 | 5,100 | 5,000 |
| # of Followers & # Following | 800-900 | 1,400-1,500 | 1,975-2,075 |
In each of the chronological segments, I made roughly 5,000 tweets while the speed of increasing follower and following count slowed slight shifting from ~+850 to +600 and finally to +575.
So What?
I’ve not blogged as much about Twitter in recent years, but continue to actively engage in interesting conversation and make connection with new people and resources.
While I was initially not delighted when Twitter expanded tweet lengths from 140 to 280 characters in 2017, I’ve since warmed to this enhancement. The majority of my tweets continue to be of the shorter variety, but the longer form is helpful for more in-depth conversation and when sharing many quotes.
Over the last few years, I’ve begun using Twitter to better understand events as they develop in real time. This has been helpful both for events in my area as well as major happenings elsewhere in the world.
And, I’ve created a few hashtags that I still use today, including #ViewFromThePew (usually accompanying images of worship taken from a pew or chair).
I invite you to follow me @SoWhatFaith and let me know how your use of Twitter has changed in recent years.
Check out some of my recent posts about or inspired by Twitter
- Living Christianly (2019)
- Christians Don’t Own Jesus (2019)
- My Top 5 Tweets of 2018 (Jan. – May) (2018)
- Christian Alternative Facts (2017)