So as an unhealthily transparent individual I tend to be a part of alot of social media platforms and I have for many years. I have given up trying to figure out the science of the influencer and generating numbers etc. because I don’t post for those reasons. I post to get things out of me. It is why I write.

Still I know there are a few key factors that can lead to increased numbers one of which is having a narrow focus. I am a macro person…very wide number of interests, not that deep. Influencers tend to be more successful at cultivating followers by having a micro, narrow, very deep focus.

Aka – you’re not just the mushroom person, your the northeaster Oregan, 10,000 foot elevation, night time under a full moon, mushroom person. Very focused.

At any rate I have an account on Threads which I pay no attention to at all. It is populated automatically by posts from my Instagram feed.

To put this entire post into perspective here’s my currernt (as of today) social media footprint:

Facebook – 1,500 “friends”
Instagram – 720 followers
Threads – 152 followers
Youtube – 275 subscribers; Most popular clip has 190,000 views
WordPress – 86,000 views from 52,000 visitors

Yesterday I reposted the hat and scarf my wife knit me to Threads and various other social media accounts I have. What do I discover today but the post has gone mini-viral for some reason. As of the time I am typing this it has almost 14,000 views, 3,100 likes and 96 comments and climbing fairly quickly. I should also mention every single comment is positive.

Knitting. Who knew. Knitters, that’s who.