I plan to find your books next!

Cheers from Sydney (and sometimes Paris).

So, now I use it really for keeping in touch with friends at a distance, the old ones and then the new ones. Also for said cultural and political news, which is often there well in advance of any news outlet or blog. I often find inspiration or comfort in the posts of the people on my feed. Or they’re just plain hilarious.

I think if you find a way to relate to it that you’re happy with, you’ll find the point to it. Like many scenes, it requires just hanging out lurking to figure out how to have fun with it. I think it’s at its worst when people feel excluded for not having said ‘following’ (I dislike that language, and I do resent them for making it institutional). But just find a fit with your personality. So many writers make trouble for themselves with social media by doing things they don’t like to do, blogging because someone told them to instead of doing it because they like it, so… don’t go that way at least.