There will never be an internet troll as effective as your own mom. pic.twitter.com/GKIz7RJWOe— Aaron Levie (@levie) April 9, 2020
ADDED: This tweet highlights 2 things:
1. You mother will always be able to get to you in a way that nobody else can.
2. The worst thing about Twitter is: You need to maintain a constant presence, tweeting frequently. You'll fall out of sight if you don't do that. But your material really isn't all that good, and every time your followers see you again and notice that you exist, they're just getting the next little snippet, and it's unlikely to be consistently sharp enough that they'll feel rewarded. So you will have a constantly nagging problem: I must be seen but don't look at me I'm ugly.
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She isn't a troll, she's absolutely right - like your Mom usually is.
Mom's may not be always right, but they are your mom! As to profoundity , scarcity of statements may not help. Like being witty, either you are profound or you are not.
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The usual way I hear someone comment that a statement was profound is through thinly-veiled sarcasm
Subtweeting...or sub-blogging?
She's on point and employs sound arguments to make a valid criticism. For her next tweet, she should explain to her son what a troll is.
He didn't say his mother is a troll. He said you mother will always be able to get to you in a way that an internet troll never can.
Nobody can deliver a sick burn like your mum.
This looked like a fun retweet of his from last year.
Until I saw this one.
I don't think you really do need to constantly tweet frequently. If you don't Tweet, people don't get your Tweets but they don't go to the trouble to unfollow you. You keep your followers and your Tweets go them whenever you decide to say something. You only have to Tweet frequently if you want the rush of people noticing you frequently.
1. You[r] mother will always be able to get to you in a way that nobody else can.
That's not true because she's dead.
Interesingly enough, you can replace "mother" a lot of different words and the statement remain about as true as it was about mothers, because "in a way" doesn't mean much of anything: "Your boss/spouse/bridge-partner will always be able to get to you in a way that nobody else can."
2. The worst thing about Twitter is: You need to maintain a constant presence, tweeting frequently.
That's the best thing about twitter; it distracts twitterers and their ilk from other activities.
He said you mother will always be able to get to you in a way that an internet troll never can.
The "you mother" typo twice? That sounds psychological...
And his statement was quite different from yours: the word "effective" means something, and "in a way" doesn't mean much of anything on its own.
I must be seen but don't look at me I'm ugly.
"Look away, I'm hideous"
"That's not true because she's dead."
My mother has been dead for 20 years, but I still hear her voice every day, and it is more true and powerful than ever.
2. The worst thing about Twitter is: You need to maintain a constant presence, tweeting frequently. You'll fall out of sight if you don't do that. But your material really isn't all that good, and every time your followers see you again and notice that you exist, they're just getting the next little snippet, and it's unlikely to be consistently sharp enough that they'll feel rewarded. So you will have a constantly nagging problem: I must be seen but don't look at me I'm ugly.
Kind of true about Instagram as well, no?
In the old days we could escape our embarrassing mothers by moving away. With social media, though, our mothers can embarrass us every day.
We here are perhaps not Twitter's 'average user'. I follow 1500 people and am followed by about a fifth of that number; my 'popular' tweets get maybe a dozen 'likes' or replies. Most of them are, like me, interested in intra-Church nonsense-- nonsense it may be of course but we're not gossiping about Carol Baskin or Mr Trump's latest outrage. Politics, too, but not in the same league as some of those 'normal' Twitter users who are on there (it seems) 23.5 hours a day and have informed opinions about everything that moves. Barring unusual circumstances, I check in a couple of times a day and retweet this or that. My late Mother would perhaps have enjoyed Twitter more than I do.
My mother has been dead for 20 years, but I still hear her voice every day, and it is more true and powerful than ever.
Like I said above, that sounds psychological...especially to assume that your mental quirk applies to other people.
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