As well as myself, my content, and Threads
You can get content from anywhere, from anyone.
I chatted on Threads with someone about what constitutes girl dinner.
The exchange
Here's the conversation. The other Threader is female and looks to be about half my age, or younger. (I'm not going to ask.)
Threader (posting): Do not have girl dinner. Have a real dinner 💗
Me (replying): We do charcuterie with another couple from church every few weeks! It becomes dinner if you eat a bit more.
Threader: Waittt this sounds so fun!! I love a good charcuterie board 😄
Me: I thought that was girl dinner … what are you calling girl dinner?
Threader: That's✨effort✨girl dinner. I meant I had a pastry and an apple😄
Me: Haha! That's right, I forgot that it could mean just grazing your fridge and pantry 🤣 (and I'm stealing effort girl dinner)
Threader: Exactly! 😄 (it does sound cool actually haha 💗)
People have different reasons for being on Threads.
It was a fun little conversation, for what it was.
I'm not going to follow her on Threads right now.
(If she follows me for whatever reason, I'd consider following her back.)
Threads is currently in that growth sweet spot: not overbearing with ads, and very responsive organic reach for just kind of being yourself for the most part.
I can use it for my creator journey as a Gen Xer. She can use it for her purposes at her stage in life.
It all seems to work, and we're mostly left to work the platform and figure it out for ourselves.
Being yourself seems to work
With this exchange, I wasn't sharing about my mission, or content leading up to mentioning my product.
There's certainly a place for that, but not all the time everywhere. That gets old.
I was sharing about myself:
- “what are you calling girl dinner?” = curious, asking for clarification
- “another couple from church” = signals I'm Christian
- “I'm stealing effort girl dinner” = appreciative / complimentary
Being yourself and letting your personality into your posts and comments is a shortcut to either thriving or failing on the platform.
People who are helpful and/or insightful benefit. People who aren't, don't. (They mostly just go away, or get banned.)
Threads is unvarnished mostly
I still likely spend too much time worrying how I'll post something.
I probably should let things fly a bit more.
Free and breezy rather than prim and proper.
This isn't sloppiness, by the way. It's real and in the moment.
And there's my content, inspired by girl dinner.
Going full circle:
You can get content from anywhere, from anyone.
Care to join me on Threads for inspiration?
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