Jun 04, 2023

Getting started with tpot

I was recently pitching a friend on tpot being a good and valuable thing.

(Jacob Falkovich wrote a nice explanation of what tpot is (a), so I won't get into that here.)

It can be difficult to cross over from "I've heard cool things are happening on Twitter" to "I'm at the tpot dinner party and it is great."

I think the best way to cross over is to check out some accounts you might like, follow those that you do like, then check who they follow and/or repost, and rinse & repeat from there.

Here are some seed accounts I like, to help jump-start the process (very much not a comprehensive list):

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