I love your mindset. I could never handle "starter packs" IRL. Makes sense to recognize those limitations here.

I love how you mention "immediately following way more people than you can actually engage with." Hadn't even thought about that as a downside. You've given me something to chew on.

Are you willing to say more about those "worst practices"? I left Twitter years ago - before Musk was even on the horizon - and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't lurking here with suspicious trepidation. I'm curious because I wonder if there are ways for us to work against those "worst practices."

As for me, I'm team "Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner Menus are Meh"

LinkedIn prefers the same workaround: post your link in the replies. Or, you can do what some creators do: upload your post without a link and then add the link a few hours later, after the algorithm has already judged your post.

I think you can credit @janefriedman.com - that's how I found you. She mentioned a publishing starter pack in this week's newsletter.