Can I ask anyone who isn't on twitter to sign up and start using it now ?
Can I ask anyone who still isn't on Twitter - why aren't you ?
Seriously - please explain why you are not on Twitter.
Social media doesn't suit everyone. I hate using Facebook, and using it makes me miserable, so I refuse to use it except for very occasional events. Facebook actually has a wider reach than Twitter, so I often think that I should use it more, but making myself miserable would not be productive.
And, some people aren't well enough to use more than this forum.
I think that badgering people isn't the right way to encourage people to try a new online venture. Instead, to encourage people to use Twitter, I think we should say how much fun it is and how easy it is. It's exceptionally easy to start a Twitter account (which can be anonymous). And it takes a moment to like a tweet. And then you'll be hooked. I use Twitter because I enjoy it and it enriches my life. But it won't suit everyone.
I know that quite a number of members of this forum have started using Twitter since the long Twitter thread was started, and we've started copying tweets to the forum more regularly, which I think enriches the forum.
We already have a large community of many thousands of ME patients and carers using Twitter. Perhaps we need to find a way to better harness their combined power. Or perhaps it will grow organically.