A Note About Twitter

I have a Twitter account and I use it a lot. I’m lucky enough to have gained a decent-sized following.

Thanks to Twitter, I’ve been able to connect with countless people who are smart, kind, funny and passionate about investing.

As much as I enjoy Twitter, I don’t take it that seriously. I say this because there’s a small minority of people, perhaps less than 1%, who take Twitter seriously. Very seriously.

That’s not me. I have to confess that I’m a person who is incapable of being offended. Whatever that gene is, I don’t have it. Due to this shortcoming, I occasionally, and always inadvertently, upset people on Twitter.

I find this frustrating. More often than not, I’m baffled by how some tweet could have offended anyone. It’s usually a joke that misfires. Or someone gets angry about the political slant of the tweet.

In these cases, the intent is entirely lacking on my part. I’m amazed at the political angle that some people can unearth in a seemingly benign tweet. To us un-offendables, it’s like people speaking a foreign language that’s somewhat similar to English but you can’t quite follow the whole thing.

If you think I’m exaggerating, this is from the day of the Capital Gazette shooting.

I have other examples.

Still, I’m not here to upset people. Nor am I a professional comedian. As I see it, my principal goal is to share market news and observations. I’ll add some corny jokes well. That’s it. If someone gets upset by a Tweet, I’ll usually delete it.

Twitter can be a lot of fun. But if you follow me, always bear in mind that it’s not that serious.

Posted by on February 10th, 2021 at 1:07 pm


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