My Communication Greatly Improved
What happened in the last month alone:
Threads, Twitter's supposed killer, came to life. Meta saw 10 million users sign up in seven hours and 100 million in five days. (Read more here.)
Elon challenged Mark after Musk freed the bird.s which I highly doubt will happen - Why would billionaires do this?
Twitter changed to X after Musk freed the bird.
Speaking of X, Elon knew all along.
Up to you if you want to join Threads.
Anyway, here's how I've grown over a month of consistent online writing:
I communicate better
I noticed that my communication improved in all three aspects: verbally, nonverbally, and written cues. I now communicate clearer and more succinctly.
Improving my communication was (and still is) a big deal for me. I noticed that I sometimes lose my train of thought, which then translates into nonsensical words, and before I know it, I've spoken more than I need to, half of which makes zero sense.
My main communication goal is to get my message across in as few words as possible while hammering home the main point - 'saying more with less,' if you may. While I still have a long way to go, I'm generally happy with the improvement.
Any metrics to show for it?
Not really...at least not for any hard numbers.
The only metric is intrinsic; I know this because I've yearned for the feeling, always imagining how it feels when my communication improves.
Extrinsically, I can tell from others when they understand my point - they mostly agree with me. Not to say that all my ideas are necessarily correct, but if I can clearly articulate my reasoning, others either agreeing or responding vindicates my articulation.
Perhaps for some hard numbers, my coherence, flow of ideas, articulation, and even vocabulary have developed...if my Grammarly insights are anything to go by.
I relate more to my role models
I realized that from how I communicate, I resonate more with my role models because they, too, speak similarly. I admire the likes of Alex Hormozi, Ali Abdaal, Nicholas Cole, Vusi Thembekwayo, and Shade Zahrai et al., whose content I appreciate and how they articulate it.
With how they are going with their lives, running their businesses, and communicating as they are, I believe I, too, am on the same path to success.
Now for my take, which is a hot one, by the way.
Hot Take: X > Threads
After a month of exploring Threads and reliving Twitter (now X), there isn't much fundamental difference between them. In terms of their user interfaces (UIs), X still leads here, and for the obvious reasons:
Twitter (or X) has 237.8 million daily users, whereas Threads' daily active user base fell 82% to eight million users using it daily. Twitter is best suited if you want to connect with a large audience.
You can log into X on the desktop or the mobile app. Threads is still limited to an app.
You can sign into X with an email, phone number, and Google or Apple account, but you can't sign into Threads without an Instagram account.
X has many features and a subscription plan for more visibility. Threads has limited features and no subscription model - hashtags aren't even a thing yet.
X has ads; Threads doesn't. This could go either way with personal preference, though advertisers and big brands would choose the former over the latter.
X is a juggernaut in the instant-replying social media ecosystem, which motivated Threads to become a thing. Threads, however, started on hype which died down after two weeks.
Again, optional on which platform you want to use.
Conclusion
I'm glad I'm back into online writing, courtesy of Threads, which also made me return to X. I think it will take a while before I return to Quora and Medium, but for whatever it's worth, the momentum is there.
I currently don't have any expectations with my X-Threads writing - at least not for now - but I am optimistic that it will help build my brand online from the social media standpoint: that, and more personal improvement, as mentioned above.
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~T.K.K
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