How To Become a Better Poster

The Art of Posting in the “Elon, Pick-Me!” Timeline

Slop comes in many forms. You can post a TikTok of an insane person being insane, say “The west has fallen”, then watch the quote tweets roll in. Indians can post “Top 10 Ways To Seduce Woman” threads and it will probably end up on your For You page. You can say The Same Thing That’s Been Said 10,000 Times then gobble up a bunch cheap likes. You won’t gain new followers.

Slop comes in waves. When there’s not much going on, you know The Slop Timeline is right around the corner. ‘Sensitive Young Man’, Age Gap Discourse, Gio Scotti, Psychoanalyses Of Hated Posters. They’re all symptoms of Nothing Happening. I logged in briefly yesterday to see if I’m missing anything — it’s all Wifejak slop. There’s just not much going on right now.

The timeline isn’t always a Slopfest. When Daniel Penny was arrested, the Reddit stories didn’t get much engagement. The week of Trump’s victory was the most fun timeline in years. It was funny and celebratory. There was no room for slop. But it didn’t take long to deteriorate. The transition between two Presidents is like the strange week between Christmas and New Years. There’s just not much going on. I suspect the timeline will be mostly a slopfest until Trump’s inauguration day, hence why I’m taking a break.

The most you can do until then is keep a tight following list, aggressively mute slop posters, post from the heart, and have fun.

The “Elon, Pick Me!” Timeline

I can’t help but notice the timeline has become less rated R and more PG-13 since Elon bought the platform. You would think it’d be the opposite now that Freedom of Speech is back — but since large conservative accounts started posting their 5-figure X payouts, the timeline has become ‘safer.’ And this makes sense. Who doesn’t want an extra $10K+/month simply for posting? There’s a path to getting there — you need to post in a way that attracts reposts and replies from posters close to Elon, which might get reposted by posters closer to Elon, or even Elon himself. Which means you can be edgy — but not too edgy. I suspect many posters now ask themselves WWEL (What Would Elon Like?) before they hit the Post button. This degrades the quality of the timeline.

This isn’t a jab at posters who get fat payouts from X. Many of them are indeed great and authentic posters. But the sterilization of the timeline since the new payment model was released is pretty obvious.

What is a Good Poster?

Similar to Slop, you know a Good Poster when you see one. Some people are born with The Poster’s Spirit — they’re disagreeable, funny, passionate, authentic, and think for themselves. Based on personality traits alone, some of us were Born To Post.

I’ve met a lot of Good Posters. Most of them have social lives outside of their group chats and have interesting and important things going on outside of their accounts. The opinions of strangers don’t mean that much to them. They don’t take themselves too seriously.

Some say “you’ve either got it or you don’t” when it comes to posting, but that isn’t necessarily true. “You can always be funnier, Post Better.” The timeline doesn’t need to be a slopfest. The goal is to become your own favorite account by any means necessary or followers lost.

In this post I’m going to offer some tips I’ve learned along the way that makes for a Good Post.

Authentic

You know someone is a good poster if you saw their post with their name and handle covered and you could still tell they’re the one who posted it. Good Posters have their own voice. If you don’t have your own voice in real life, you won’t have one online. You’ll blend in with the crowd just like in real life.

What does it mean to have your own voice? It means your opinions are yours. They aren’t cheap copies of someone else’s thoughts. Of course, everyone is influenced by who they read and their environment in some way. But your inputs go through your personal, and highly refined, Bullshit Filter. “Is what they’re saying true? Why is it true? Does it make sense to me? Would I ever say this? What could make this more true?”

Most people don’t have their own voice. Most people have their environment’s voice, their parent’s voice, their friend group’s voice, or The Person With The Most Status’ voice. Most people are cowards because obtaining your own voice isn’t easy.

I don’t know how to teach someone how to obtain their own voice. I can only say what’s improved the strength of mine. I write often. Not for Substack, my book, or anyone else. At least once a week, I sit and type or write down the thoughts I’m having in that moment. Stream-of-consciousness. No agenda. I often sort out problems I’m facing, figure out how I really feel about something or what I really want (or don’t want) simply by writing about it. Sometimes it takes days or weeks to get to final conclusions.

I strongly believe writing on a regular basis is good for anyone. Not only does it reduce cortisol by taking your thoughts out of your head and putting them somewhere else, but it crystalizes the state of your soul and puts you on a path rather than remaining stagnant.

Empathetic

When I say empathetic, I don’t mean compassionate. I don’t mean ‘just be a heckin’ decent person.’ I’m talking about the ability to see things through someone else’s eyes as if you’re them and you don’t know what you know. Empathy makes for good posting because you have an awareness that people are going to see your post after they just read someone else’s and will scroll to the next post following yours if you don’t grab their attention.

Are you saying the same thing everyone else is saying? You might catch a like, but you probably won’t catch a follow. Are you commenting on the thing everyone else is talking about, but with a different point of view? This attracts interest and makes people interested in what else you have to say. Keep in mind — most people on X are lurkers, not posters. They want new substance. They want to be entertained.

Are you getting to the point quickly, or are you writing a long diatribe before getting to the point? This is Marketing 101, but Bold Headlines Grab Attention. If you have a thought you don’t think anyone has ever heard before, or might shock people, just say it. Say it boldly and concisely. Then explain it if you feel the need to. If you wait until the end of the post to say it, you wasted too much time. The reader got bored, they didn’t read it all, they moved on.

I don’t know how to teach someone to be empathetic. I can only say what has made me, and what makes most people, more empathetic. You become more empathetic by talking to people. Yes, most people are cowards, but most people have insane and interesting inner lives that you can explore by asking them questions. Ask people questions, don’t think as they speak, and pay attention. Let them talk and listen. Don’t try to insert yourself or make them think the way you think. This is called Getting To Know Someone and it will make them trust you and open up more. When someone trusts you, there’s no limit to what they’ll tell you, as long as you maintain and treat their trust as sacred.

Funny

People who take themselves too seriously or don’t laugh easily usually aren’t taken very seriously. No one likes a tightass. Donald Trump is loved mostly because of his sense of humor that is foreign to politicians who see themselves as “serious diplomats” rather than people who commit sins.

You can’t learn how to be funny, but you can spend more time with funny people, watch funny people or funny movies, lighten up, and not take everything so seriously. Laughter puts life into perspective. Life is short. You’re going to die. You might as well have a good time during your short time here.

Being funny isn’t just good for posting but it’s good for life in general. If you’re funny, people will like you more, because you’re a source of ease and joy in their life rather than a source of tension or hostility.

Stop Caring and Double Down

I believe this meme is misinterpreted to mean “become nihilistic.” That isn’t what it means. It means: Don’t Care About What People Think About You.

If this is something you struggle with, I recommend reading something I wrote the day after I enraged 90% of RW Twitter Men by hosting Radfem Hitler on my podcast titled Fuck The Longhouse. In 2024, 70% of men are gay. Chances are you’re being longhoused by men far more than you are by women.

I care about a lot of things. For example, I care about bad ideas being spread to young men. When I see ‘Giga Based Dad’ trying to psyop men into a Mommy Worship Fetish or some blackpilled PUA account trying to tell men that All Women Cheat — I chimp out, because I don’t like seeing young men being taken advantage of by closeted homosexuals or bitter divorced dads. But I don’t care about what people say about my reaction to it. I feel better after posting it. And when I see people get angry about it, it makes me laugh, so I double down. Because doubling down just makes them angrier, it makes me laugh harder. I like to laugh!

There are plenty of people who care about things but don’t care about what people think about them. Need an example? Take it from none other than The Greatest Poster of All-Time: