Interesting thread from the editor/publisher of an online SF&F magazine on why he needs Twitter

[highplainsdem]

I'm going to post the entire thread below, as tweets, but you can also read the Threadreaderapp.com page: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1587156088197111809.html

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[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. SFF book Twitter is almost the only reason I'm staying

I’ve met lots of great authors through interactions.

[Emrys]

2. It's not just science fiction periodical houses that rely on it.

Smaller independent publishing houses use it to promote their books because they don't have the advertising budget to make a splash otherwise, and loads of less well-known authors use it to build up a following and publicize their latest writings. It can't be matched for the intimacy that can build up between author and readers over time.

The OP's last tweet says it all.

[sanatanadharma]

3. Because before Twitter there ws no US culture, no successful businesses ...

... no way to communicate with others.
If Twitter goes the dark ages will return and we will all be ignorant and live in squalor and caves like we did in 1976.

[LeftInTX]

4. However, twitter is how news breaks

It's the fastest way. A reporter can write a tweet while they're on the beat.
This is why it will stay around.
Media competes and they want to be the first.

[Hekate]

5. Interesting