🧵6/ Examples of BlueSky threads that have gone viral:
🗽 @rmkubinec.bsky.social on democracy https://bsky.app/profile/rmkubinec.bsky.social/post/3lg6lzxev2k22
🔥 Me, on navigating 2025 https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4pot5cfigjbjua3uvjaq6j5h/post/3lgmletm4ps2h
🗽 @rmkubinec.bsky.social on democracy https://bsky.app/profile/rmkubinec.bsky.social/post/3lg6lzxev2k22
🔥 Me, on navigating 2025 https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4pot5cfigjbjua3uvjaq6j5h/post/3lgmletm4ps2h
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Robert (Bob) Kubinec
🧵 👋 I'm a political scientist who wrote a book about the recent collapse of two democracies (Egypt & Tunisia).
Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for:
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:
Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for:
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:
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To advise many people, you need followers. New users appreciate Starter Packs. Create them. You're in every pack you create. Useful Starter Packs are helpful.
My Examples:
🕊️ Peace https://go.bsky.app/BK3mrYp
🗳️ Democracy https://go.bsky.app/MubkXVo
🚑 Humanitarians https://go.bsky.app/6G5geWm
#Resist
#DontGiveUp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-RI8-eSQoQ
⚖️ Ethics: tag people who need a boost
📣 Pragmatism: tag high follower accounts
An example:
https://bsky.app/profile/canadianpeacemuseum.ca/post/3lgj5d24k5s2r
For example
👁️ My Canadian Independent Media Starter Pack... https://go.bsky.app/7ce9PDR
📋 ...is also a list: https://bsky.app/profile/chrishouston.ca/lists/3lb37tsv4kx2r
🚶♂️People follow people, not brands
😜Be your authentic self
🏢Social media users understand that you are not a spokesperson for your employer
Keep it real. Don't be algorithmic. Don't sweat the typos.
⚠️ If your Starter Packs are all the same privileged demographic, you are on the wrong track. If you reskeet (retweet) only one demographic, stop your nonsense.
💡 When you do create and post about your Starter Packs, ask who you've missed and invite suggestions.
My content here is a mixture of commentary on events and ~800-word articles.
The articles take about 8 hours each to write. Sadly unpaid.
My articles: https://chrishouston.ca/stories-of-peace
More on writing in #13