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3 Ways to Make Your Own PhD With Twitter
How to get a free education from the world’s most underrated social media platform
With 145 million daily users and a $33 billion market cap, Twitter is a force to be reckoned with.
One of its most notable features is that it’s actively used by the intellectual elite — something most social media sites can’t claim. Nowhere else will you find New York Times best selling authors like Mark Manson, PhD scientists like Dr. Rhonda Patrick, and billionaires like John Arnold and Mark Cuban all so immersed in a platform’s features. Yes, these prodigies are retweeting, commenting and liking, just like the rest of us.
And yet, despite the fact that anyone can get access to their content by simply pressing “follow,” Twitter remains bafflingly underrated. In fact, according to Statista, it currently ranks second to last when it comes to number of active users — firmly below the likes of Pinterest, Reddit and Snapchat.
That’s a shame, because Twitter niches are absolute gold mines of both information and networking opportunities — all available for free. Follow the experts, interact their tweets daily, and before long, you’ll have knowledge equivalent to a PhD in your field.
