Do you think Twitter Blue (Premium) is necessary to grow a community there?

Luc Fernandez
21 replies
I'm trying it for 1 month, will share the resultats here: https://twitter.com/LucFernandezLF

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Derek
I have Blue and non-blue accounts. Surprisingly my engagement is way higher with the non-blue. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Even on popular posts, clicks are low. I get about 100x more via email 💌
Rashid Khasanov
I’ve seen people grow their community without having Twitter Blue. I have Twitter Blue and actually I’m not quite sure if it helps with impressions and growth
Luc Fernandez
@elenat @rashid_khasanov Maybe it's just a fashion statement to have Twitter Blue in the Indie Hackers community? Your point of view is interesting!
Luc Fernandez
@rashid_khasanov do you have any exemple of big accounts that don't have Twitter blue? As always, I think the quality of the content is most important. So it might be better to invest in tools like https://tweethunter.io/?via=prod... than Twitter Blue 🤔
Rashid Khasanov
@elenat I was using Twitter as a 'build in public' strategy even before Twitter Blue came out. I subscribed to Twitter Blue after its release, but honestly, based on my own experience, I haven't noticed any big changes. Maybe it's just me? I'm not sure!
Elena Tsemirava
@rashid_khasanov It seemed to me that it was the opposite. Why did you come to this conclusion?
Nico Spijker
Apparently, it's easier to get on the for-you page with blue? Here's an interesting article I found covering the topic as well: https://www.zdnet.com/article/is...
Luc Fernandez
@nicolaas_spijker Interesting! Thanks for sharing Nico 🙌
Elena Tsemirava
I've also started on Twitter quite recently. And apparently premium is necessary for active growth there.
Luc Fernandez
@elenat Did you pay for Twitter blue? If yes, have you seen better results?
Elena Tsemirava
@luc_fernandez yep, I paid Twitter blue. And it looks like my tweets are shown more often. Engagement has increased. Though it is still low. But I hear that the big game on Twitter starts when you reach 1k followers. And getting so far without the blue badge is very difficult if possible at all.
Luc Fernandez
@elenat Yes, it's hard to start building a community on Twitter. I too have the impression that it's easier to interact with other accounts when you have twitter blue.
Stephen Maden
Focus on creating great content and engaging with your audience, and you will eventually grow your community.
AmazingSylvia
I don't think so. I think traffic are focus on different platforms.
Shawn Yuan
Premium is necessary if you need to DM others...
Anthony Sellitto
I have a Blue checkbox for AX3 but NOT the blue account that's $1000 a month and that can go to my programmers.
Eliza Crescini
Same question. I think, most people do engage with people with blue badges. But, I don't know if that's the case. It is just based on my observation.
Theo
hehe twitter blue (coffin dance.gif)