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Stalking Adam Silvera on Twitter


For the social media stalking task, I chose Adam Silvera as my "victim". He is a New York Times bestselling author of the young adult books They Both Die At the End, History is All You Left Me, More Happy Than Not and What If It's Us (co-written with Becky Albertalli).

Silvera has both a Twitter account and an Instagram account, but seems to be mostly active on the former. As Silvera nearly always links his Instagram posts to Twitter anyways, I will be focusing on his Twitter habits.

Many of Silvera's tweets are advertisement for his books. Pinned on the top of his timeline is an article announcing a movie adaption of his latest book, and one of his latest tweets is one showcasing the new paperback version of his another novel. He also interacts with fans by answering their questions and retweeting fanart, and promotes other books in the same genre.




Silvera also often posts tweets about his simple everyday life and work. He might cry about how hard writing is for him on a particular day, or post pictures about his travels or move. For example, Silvera has the tradition of every month making a tweet about how many months there are left until his birthday or "half birthday".


Anyone who is even remotely familiar with Silvera's work likely knows that his books always feature LGBT themes, racially diverse characters and discussion about mental health. It is no surprise that his twitter profile reflects this as well. Silvera is open about how much these issues matter to him, often retweeting support campaigns and news and commenting on the issues himself. Sometimes he even shares his own personal experiences, like in this particular thread:


Overall I'd say Adam Silvera's twitter persona is fairly common for a young writer: he promotes his and other writers' work, interacts with fans and talks about issues relating to the themes of his books. Since his novels are young adult books, and thus targeted towards a teenage audience, his twitter is very safe for all ages and does not include any sexual comments, for example. He uses relaxed but polite language and generally gives a  positive and relatable image of himself.

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