{"id":37709,"date":"2019-08-24T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2019\/08\/24\/dear-dabby-how-to-win-weed-friends-influence-people\/"},"modified":"2019-08-25T12:48:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T20:48:12","slug":"dear-dabby-how-to-win-weed-friends-influence-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2019\/08\/24\/dear-dabby-how-to-win-weed-friends-influence-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Dabby\u2026 How To Win Weed Friends &amp; Influence People"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<h4>Should we be DMing celebrities? Would you ever smoke weed with someone who DMed you an invitation? Also, who do you follow that brings you joy \u2014 and why? \u2013 Rand Omfan<\/h4>\n<p>Should you DM celebs? Sure. But don\u2019t<br \/>\nbe mad if they don\u2019t answer. I\u2019m not even famous, and I get <em>hundreds<\/em> of messages a month. I can only<br \/>\nimagine how many messages get sent to actual A-listers. But my advice is to go<br \/>\nfor it! You never know. Shoot Your Shot 2019 is in full effect. I once scored<br \/>\nan interview with B-Real after shooting him a random DM back in the early days<br \/>\nof the Twitter, so anything is possible.<\/p>\n<p>I smoke weed with fans and randoms all<br \/>\nthe time. If you got that fire loud dank, we can definitely smoke up. Just stay<br \/>\ncool and you\u2019ll be fine.<\/p>\n<p>To your second question: I follow<br \/>\nJesus. Kidding \u2014 although me and Jesus are cool. I\u2019m also cool with Ganesh. And<br \/>\nHanuman. And Quan Yin. <\/p>\n<p>I suppose I could start doing more #followfriday posts on Twitter to let people know about other cool Twitter users. I like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sassycrass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@sassycrass<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StaceyLovesWeed\" target=\"_blank\">@staceylovesweed<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomangell\" target=\"_blank\">@tomangell<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IntlCBC\" target=\"_blank\">@intlcbc<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CannabisNow\" target=\"_blank\">@cannabisnow<\/a> (duh) and a bunch of other folks. On Instagram, I like <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dankgrassclub\/\" target=\"_blank\">@dankgrassclub<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bcbubbleman\/\" target=\"_blank\">@bcbubbleman<\/a>\u2026 The list goes on. Every single person I follow is cool, except for some of the right-wing weirdos I follow just so I can keep an eye on them. <\/p>\n<h4>I feel like cannabis lovers hail from across the political spectrum, and sometimes this means I see content I find offensive in the cannabis social sphere. Do you encounter this breaking down of echo chambers in the cannabis world? \u2013 Al O\u2019Verthemap<\/h4>\n<p>Yeah, it\u2019s weird. I was shocked when I found out that a bunch of people I had smoked weed with, gone to rallies and court support with and gone to bat for were <a href=\"\/tag\/trump\/\">Trump supporters<\/a>. I was devastated to see how many racist people exist in the cannabis community. And before you start, let me break it down for you: If you support someone that advocates racist policies, you support racism. If you support racism, you are a racist. It\u2019s a simple equation. <\/p>\n<p>Even if the Trump administration<br \/>\nmanages to legalize weed (and don\u2019t hold your breath; too many Republicans make<br \/>\ntoo much money from the private prison industry), they will still be racist.<br \/>\nCannabis culture is supposed to be about freedom and liberty and equality, so<br \/>\nracism and sexism should have no place in the movement. But alas, the world is<br \/>\nthe world and sometimes you have to work with people you might want to avoid<br \/>\ndealing with otherwise. Smoking weed can be enlightening, and should remind you<br \/>\nthat we are all one, but it doesn\u2019t always work that way. Sigh.<\/p>\n<h4>How do you balance posting about your personal life versus your professional life? \u00ad\u2013 Yang Yin<\/h4>\n<p>I don\u2019t. You will rarely, if ever, see<br \/>\nme post about my personal life. All the ups and downs, the money problems, the<br \/>\nsmall depression that I went through last year? All of that sh*t is personal.<br \/>\nI\u2019m not the type of person to share my burdens with strangers. For some people,<br \/>\ntheir social media is like a diary. Mine is more of a promotional and<br \/>\ninspirational tool. Heh. Inspirational tool. But seriously, most things you see<br \/>\non the social media are cleverly crafted to give you a certain feeling.<br \/>\nEveryone is usually living their best life on the social networks, or rather,<br \/>\ntrying to create the illusion of living their best life. Remember that pixels<br \/>\naren\u2019t real.<\/p>\n<h4>After you appeared on Netflix\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"\/review-cooking-on-high\/\">Cooking On High<\/a>,\u201d you got way more followers. Do you think about posting differently now that you have tons more followers? \u2013 Auntie Social<em> <\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Not really. I mean, most of my social<br \/>\nmedia posts are about weed and comedy, and since \u201cCooking on High\u201d is a funny<br \/>\nshow about weed, I figure that all my new followers are big fans of either or<br \/>\nboth. I will say that I did lay off the politics for a week or two after the<br \/>\nshow came out, but when I talked to my social media followers, most of them<br \/>\nsaid they enjoyed my political posts. I mean, it\u2019s impossible to be a cannabis<br \/>\nadvocate and not have political opinions. I have made it this far by being<br \/>\nmyself and I see no reason to stop now. <\/p>\n<h4>Ngaio, you don\u2019t have a blue verification check on Twitter! How is this possible? How are we to trust that you are not a bot?! \u2013 Vera Fide<\/h4>\n<p>A bot can\u2019t smoke as<br \/>\nmuch weed as me. Also, you have to jump through a lot of hoops to get verified.<br \/>\nIs a blue check really worth it? I\u2019ve never even tried. I guess you will just<br \/>\nhave to trust me. <\/p>\n<p><strong>TELL US<\/strong>, what would you ask a cannabis social media<br \/>\nexpert? <\/p>\n<p><em>Originally published in Issue 37 of Cannabis Now. <a href=\"\/print-digital-magazine\/\">LEARN MORE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cannabisnow.com\/dear-dabby-how-do-i-elevate-my-experience-on-cannabis-social-media\/\">Dear Dabby\u2026 How To Win Weed Friends &amp; Influence People<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cannabisnow.com\">Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nRead More: <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisnow.com\/dear-dabby-how-do-i-elevate-my-experience-on-cannabis-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dear Dabby\u2026 How To Win Weed Friends &amp; Influence People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should we be DMing celebrities? Would you ever smoke weed with someone who DMed you an invitation? Also, who do you follow that brings you joy \u2014 and why? \u2013 Rand Omfan Should you DM celebs? Sure. But don\u2019t be mad if they don\u2019t answer. 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