I sincerely promise you that it's no longer 5000 engaged people and no media outlet is still using it as a proxy for "the culture" and the ROI on other platforms would probably be greater, but do what you feel you gotta do!

the party posts the same things on Instagram, Lenny's the only one posting anything non perfunctory at this point, and there are way more valuable places to "take the fight", if that's your justification

people have followers, change is hard, you come up with justifications, and that's okay!

is it “a lot of opponents” or a few dozen accounts who benefit more from your engagement than the other way around

for the record, I don’t think politicians shouldn’t be spending time here either; if you’re trying to influence a large audience, post on instagram, youtube, reddit, tiktok, linkedin or local facebook groups, otherwise you’re either living in nostalgia or have poor impulse control (hi it’s me)

some people are like “Justin it still rained plenty” BUT ACTUALLY it rained 26% less than an average October (per Environment Canada data), so my gut instinct was correct

frankie: “i’m built different”

the teens are good

No Tyler Harper slander in this household!

Update: grace and an apology from Graham!

(whose stuff is quite neat, which is why the random attack was so disappointing)

May all posters be so open to criticism and learning

Hey Graham, thanks for the acknowledgment and apology! Part of the reason I was more snarky than usual is I’ve seen and enjoyed your stuff, and it was frustrating to see that false attack come out of left field. Keep up with the passion and curiosity!

I love language; the way specific words matter; the way a particular phrase can frame a story or activate passion; how every choice unlocks a different way of reaching an audience to make them care about the thing you care about (trains: they’re fun!)

A shame when good people use it sloppily.

“People should care about this thing more” and “the media never reported on this thing” are two different ideas that people often use interchangeably, but framing matters!

One incentivizes curiousity and passion about a subject, the other incentivizes getting angry at “the media” on a false premise

yes what's wrong with that

aura if you think that was heated let me tell you about a little thing called "my mentions during a global pandemic"

yes