DeRay Mckesson Quotes

I've come to really like Twitter. You really do get to see what I'm about, and I like sharing with my fans.

I like Twitter a lot. It is a great way to get the fans knowing another side of you.

This kind of one-on-one connection of tweeting, I've really grown to get a kick out of.

Social media has created a digital latticework, but it has also, for some, created abusive commenters, silos, and validation rather than curiosity.

People bring up tweets that I don't even remember, and my general response is, 'I don't know if I said it. I probably said it.' It's just part of what I do.

Twitter is my happy place. I am not there to overthink 140 characters.

I don't tweet. I don't know how to tweet.

I enjoy social media so much, and I love, love, love Twitter.

You have social networking, and you can do things efficiently without the might of a big label.

If I was on Twitter, I'd probably get in trouble pretty quickly.

As Twitter allows you to curate who shows up in your stream - you only see the people you follow or seek out, and those they interact with - users can create whatever world of people they want to be a part of.

Facebook Algorithms have got us all screwed up, where we only listen and talk to people with the same views as us, and I think it's not helping us as a culture to grow.

My favorite topical tweets are the ones that put a tweet in context so it illuminates a deeper truth or societal trend.

Usually what goes through my mind before I hit the tweet button is, did I misspell or mis-grammatize anything, but also, is this worth polluting the interwebs with for posterity?

I don't have an editor on Twitter. I have an editor in the paper, and so I tend to be less precise in 140 characters and sometimes I leave people confused as to my meaning. And then I make the mistake of engaging and trying to explain it, which just leads you down a rabbit hole.

Social media has exacerbated a trend whereby people speak with complete authority on every subject, regardless of how informed they are.

I tweet 20 times a day, not only about Mexican politics, but about film, books, restaurants, U.S. politics.

YouTube is the vlogs and my life, then Instagram is comedy skits and pictures that I take. Twitter's text, and Instagram Stories is even more behind-the-scenes vlog stuff. I'm always posting.

I adore Twitter to the end of time. It is a wonderful thing, mainly for professional hockey coverage.

I think social media has been really great for me.

I'll sometimes go a week or two without tweeting, and then when I'm in the mood, tweet loads, and clog up people's in-boxes. It's a moment when you feel like sharing something.

I go through my tweets while writing and be like, 'Oh, this has staying power and is still relevant.'

For most people, tweeting is scary.

I love reading comments online.

I do sometimes feel like I function within an echo chamber and I'm just kind of preaching to the choir.