Some DMs were just awkward. Some involved outright harassment.
The first time a DM on Twitter changed my life, I was in crisis. I was working for a small Texas newspaper, out of sick days, and needing gallbladder surgery. But about 24 hours after I gave my two weeks’ notice, the universe handed me a parachute.
I was packing my police scanner, work iPad, recorder, and notebooks for a memorial service. It was going to be a tough night on the job. The police chief of a small town had been shot to death. He had many young children, and I knew I’d witness their grief. His widowed wife’s grief. The grief of the community.I knew, from experience, that I would feel unwelcome and exploitative even as I did my best to be sensitive and empathetic and compassionate. I was dreading it.
After the memorial service, I wiped my tears, and then had a quick call with John from my car. A month later, I was working in Manhattan, sans gallbladder. This isn’t the kind of story that normally pops into your head when you hear the words “DM sliding,” but it’s a classic example of how Twitter enabled exposure and connections that otherwise might have been impossible. I’d gotten the attention of the Daily Beast by tweeting my way through local events, like former Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis’ famous filibuster and the Waco biker shooting, which in turn led to appearances on CNN and MSNBC.
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