a lot of ppl on here talk about how hard it is to make other writer friends & a lot of writers are made of anxiety jello + don’t want to come off as creepy & weird. I have a good trick for this & it’s your reply to response ratio. It’s not a “brand” thing it’s about boundaries

So what I mean by reply to response ratio is let’s say you really want to be friends with someone and you reply to twenty of their tweets in a row and they never respond back, this is likely a signal. Even if they like the tweet you might be overwhelming them SO here’s what to do

Make sure you’re not always only replying to this person without any engagement in return. If you notice someone isn’t talking back at all maybe cool it for a little bit, and try not to reply to *everything* bc it’s a lot. Pretend it’s a text conversation with a brand new friend

While you’re still getting to know someone you most likely won’t have a one sided convo in their texts, you’d likely wait until they wrote back, try to look at social media like this especially for complete strangers/bigger accounts in your industry

It essentially boils down to play it cool but it actually goes much deeper than that. When you bombard someone with constant replies and I mean like a lot per day with no response it can feel like pressure, and that’s no way to start a friendship

Some accounts might not have alerts set for ppl they don’t follow especially verified accounts so they might not even be seeing your replies sometimes too! But you’re still putting a lot of time and energy into someone who is signaling they’re not ready to reciprocate

So don’t treat it like wearing someone down till they give in, instead give people space and time. If you have something genuine to say or share do that! But don’t reply just to try and get a response out of someone, the right people will interact with you & have genuine dialogue