I wrote this about Twitter way back in 2010 on ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/article/twitter-tragedy-of-the-commons/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/twitter-tragedy-o

I wrote this about Twitter way back in 2010 on ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/article/twitter-tragedy-of-the-commons/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/twitter-tragedy-of-the-commons/ "As an information propagation device Twitter is peerless, but the Tragedy of the Commons - and in this case the commons is your time - is happening all over again. When multiple individuals acting independently behave only in their own self-interest they will ultimately deplete a shared but limited resource even when it is clear that it is not in anyone's long-term interest for this to happen, as happened in the original Tragedy of the Commons over land usage". Twitter never solved this problem and if you want to use it I'd suggest you have to spend a lot of time pruning who you follow and searching for people who are adding value to your life. Very time consuming....