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Twitter Quality over Quantity

Posted by Some Old Guy on November 11, 2025, 9:32 am

For some reason, Twitter’s algorithm has been flooding my feed with softball posts lately. My daughter’s done with her softball journey, but is this really what the app has turned into posting every tiny detail of “putting in work”?

Let’s be honest: no college coach cares that little Suzy is “grinding while on vacation” or “getting reps in at the airport.” That kind of overposting doesn’t impress anyone—it just creates tag fatigue and gets you muted or unfollowed.

What coaches do want to see are schedules (which you should probably email, not tweet), and quality content—front toss from different angles, a few slow-motion clips, maybe some tee work or live reps with data to back it up. Add in real game highlights, and you’ve got something worth watching.

Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity

Posted by Gen X Xer on November 15, 2025, 7:26 pm, in reply to "Twitter Quality over Quantity "

I'm flippin' X while watching college football, and just saw a post from a HS kid talking about their Saturday schedule: 6 AM lift, then another sport and then dinnertime hitting.

Hey kid, maybe take a beat.

Hey dad, maybe set it down.

Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity

Posted by Methuselah on November 11, 2025, 9:51 am, in reply to "Twitter Quality over Quantity "

If you'd add your address to your post, I'd gladly drive to you just to shake your hand... amen!

I too am getting up there in years, so I'm sure it's party just exhaustion - but Twitter has become madness.

When I see 10 year old hitting at midnight in the backyard while it's snowing to demonstrate their "always grinding" approach to life, I want to delete the app. (That's an actual post.)

But it's not the kids - it the parents!

The humble brags, ridiculous demonstrations of commitment from middle schoolers, posting of mail and camp invites, the list goes on and on...

I get it - the stakes are high if you're counting on a scholarship to be your ticket to college. I guess I should "hate the game, not the players."

But we've lost our minds.

Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity

Posted by Real on November 11, 2025, 11:11 am, in reply to "Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity "

This Twitter is a joke now. I love it when the girls hold up the letters for college camps like they don’t know almost everyone gets those letters. Omg. Thank you for the invite but just pay $300 lol
All this turned into a pure money grab. Shame on these coaches that give these player bs dreams and the crazy part is the parents drink the juice. Sad.

Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity

Posted by Answer on November 11, 2025, 12:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity "

If you get THIS bent up, then don’t get on Twitter. Instead of going after teenaged girls who are doing what they think they need to do. Social media is an important recruiting tool. Especially if they’re not on one of the national programs.

Welcome to 2025 old timer. Worry about getting the neighborhood kids off your lawn.

Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity

Posted by Mygrass on November 11, 2025, 5:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity "

Hey I like my grass! The best one is when they post saying I’m missing my homecoming dance to go to my tourney. Lol

Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity

Posted by Ewww on November 12, 2025, 2:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity "

Are you creeping on them on IG and TikTok too?

Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity

Posted by @Answer on November 11, 2025, 2:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Twitter Quality over Quantity "

If any kids are doing their own social media, they should be applauded.

If parents stopped doing it for them, Twitter's traffic would plummet.

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