avatarSherry McGuinn

Summary

A writer shares an experience of having their article "The Sexy Side of Medium" promoted on Twitter by Pensignal, leading to an inappropriate response from a user who sent an unsolicited explicit photo.

Abstract

The author discusses the unpredictable nature of reader responses on social media platforms, particularly Twitter. They mention how Pensignal, a service that auto-tweets stories from Medium writers, shared one of their older articles. This auto-share feature, which the author appreciates, unexpectedly resulted in receiving an unsolicited explicit image from a Twitter user named Al Rashad Kuwayaniya. The incident highlights the potential for both positive exposure and negative interactions that writers may encounter online.

Opinions

  • The author acknowledges the unpredictable and sometimes inappropriate nature of social media interactions, particularly on Twitter.
  • There is a sense of gratitude towards Pensignal for continuing to share the author's scheduled stories, despite the author's limited knowledge of the platform's current status.
  • The author seems to be taken aback by the explicit response from the Twitter user, implying that such interactions are not the norm and are unexpected within the writing community.
  • The tone suggests a mix of amusement and disbelief at the audacity of the Twitter user's reply, coining it a "Twick," which is a play on words combining "Twitter" and "dick pic."

As writers, we leave ourselves open to all sorts of wacky responses, do we not?

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I’ve certainly gotten my share and so have you. But, see if you can top this.

Every now and then, Pensignal shares one of my stories on Twitter. Admittedly, I don’t know much about the platform other than it auto-tweets our stories if we sign-on. It was free when I first joined Medium nearly three years ago, but I don’t think that’s the case now.

Anyway, Signal still auto-shares the stories that I initially “scheduled,” which I’m grateful for.

So, this morning, when I opened Twitter and saw that an older story, “The Sexy Side of Medium,” had been shared, I thought that was pretty cool.

And then I saw the “reply” from one Al Rashad Kuwayaniya, who tweeted me an up-close-and-personal pic of his dick, pee-pee hole and all!

Beat that, friends! A “Twick!”

Dick Pics
Twitter
Humor
Short Form
Writing On Medium
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