Ah, but how many of those do you follow?

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Mar 2, 2016

But I have 9 years invested in building a Twitter network, or as us educators call it, a Personal Learning Network. I’ve got 8000 followers on two separate Twitter accounts. Not as much as the edu-Twitter elite, but still not horrible.

What Twitter’s Growth Problem Means for Educators

Daniel Rezac

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Ah, but how many of those do you follow? Not meaning you click “follow” on their account, but how many people

The edu-Twitter elite (let’s say over 10k followers) have created a perception that they follow a similar number in return. That’s dishonest, and has lead to over inflated numbers of people in their PLN with which they’re engaging. I don’t think Twitter’s problem in edu is growth, but more that those touting the level of engagement and access to the elite as another “box of magic.”