I seem to have fallen into a pretty specific type of twitter usage. I have a particular domain (spaceflight/astronomy) that I want to get regular information about. I follow all the experts and news sites in that domain. If any of those people also use their twitter account to post e.g. political memes, I just unfollow them. This results in my twitter feed being a consistent source of interesting detailed information on that topic, much of which I wouldn’t find elsewhere.
I agree with this completely. I would add that the “Lists” feature changed the way that I use Twitter for the better. I now have lists for each of my core interests and & topics—Economics, Aviation, San Francisco, etc. -- and turn to those when I’m in the mood for specific information relevant to those areas. It helps that all of the tweets are in the context of a specific topic, versus the normal feed, where everything is reverse chronological and jumps from topic to topic.
I seem to have fallen into a pretty specific type of twitter usage. I have a particular domain (spaceflight/astronomy) that I want to get regular information about. I follow all the experts and news sites in that domain. If any of those people also use their twitter account to post e.g. political memes, I just unfollow them. This results in my twitter feed being a consistent source of interesting detailed information on that topic, much of which I wouldn’t find elsewhere.
Hope that helps!
I agree with this completely. I would add that the “Lists” feature changed the way that I use Twitter for the better. I now have lists for each of my core interests and & topics—Economics, Aviation, San Francisco, etc. -- and turn to those when I’m in the mood for specific information relevant to those areas. It helps that all of the tweets are in the context of a specific topic, versus the normal feed, where everything is reverse chronological and jumps from topic to topic.