&gt; that doesn&#x27;t seem like a flaw in the platform so much as a description of how the world works<p>I think that is the flaw and issue that troubles Twitter most today.  You shouldn&#x27;t need to &#x27;prime the pump&#x27; per se with activity because one day in the future you may want to use it for real.  Especially a social media pump where one accident, typo, bad joke may ruin your life (I admit this is a reach, but certainly possible).  This flaw make it mainly useless for the common man.<p>It is how the world works, but it makes Twitter almost useless for 99% of it&#x27;s users.