Is making a derm twitter a necessary component to matching now ? < I dont think so. < definitely not, know several "big" derm twitter people who didn't match. Used to be a way bigger thing, now I feel like it might hurt you< It exposes you too much. you have to take the good with the bad. like the previous poster said, there were quite a few dermtwitter people who didn't match. Since they were so public, all eyes were on them for match week. < I do not think 99% of PD and important faculty care at all about twitter. It's just another social media app that can help you make connections but will most likely be neutral in the actual application process.
I don't think it's necessary to have a DermTwitter account in order to match into Derm. It's probably best for those who don't have a home derm program at all so they need to network outside of their med school. It can also backfire on you in terms of leaving you too "exposed." But I agree with the person who said there are good and bad aspects of having one. I don't know when DermTwitter really got off the ground, but I feel like it may have helped in the first several years (if you were a borderline applicant), but now it's sort of just blah. I thought the DIGA website and DIGA podcasts & webinars were much more helpful. Compared to previous years I feel like DermTwitter students this year were a lot less obnoxious, so I really felt bad for those who didn't match on the first try.