One year ago, I created @BidenTracking, a simple project to track President Biden from the left. Today the account has over 50,000 followers. Here I'm going to answer some FAQs, so you can understand just a little bit better the point of this account.
What does the account accomplish?
Political pressure. The best example of this is a viral video I posted of Jen Psaki saying that Biden was looking to end the student loan payment pause. Within a few days, the video had over a million views, within a few more days the payment pause was extended. I’m not taking credit for it personally, but every bit of pressure helped.
What other Twitter accounts do you work for?
I also run @thenysocialist.
Is the account reputable?
I try my best to provide sources for all my tweets. If a source I provide is incorrect, my DMs are always open.
How do you make sure your retweets are reputable?
I have made mistakes in this avenue in the past. I'm looking to cut down on retweets as this account grows bigger. If you see me retweeting a false statement, please DM me.
Who do you follow?
People who I think share Biden-related news (good and bad). Any source that has proven to be to be reputable usually gets a follow in due time.
Do you respond to replies?
Generally no. For my convenience I have notifications off for users I do not follow. I frequently monitor my account and will reply sometimes, but I miss a lot.
Do you respond to DMs?
DMs are the best way to send me a message. Please do it!
I noticed that controversial account X follows/retweeted you. Why?
Generally, I don't have control over who retweets or follows my tweets, Twitter is a public forum after all. In rare circumstances, I can block people who I really don't want to see my posts.
Are you getting paid for this?
I haven't made any money from this account.
How many people run the account?
Amazingly 1. I have no idea how I keep up sometimes.
What are your political views?
I'm a socialist who is a registered Democrat. I voted for Bernie during the primary and Howie Hawkins during the general.
Where do you live?
New York City
If you would like to support the project there is a Tip Jar in my Twitter account. However please know that I am in no need of money to run this account at the moment. Any donation would go to a future endeavor to do with this account.