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Honestly, I'm positively perplexed by this comment. Twitter allows me to follow writers and influencers like Malcolm Gladwell, William Gibson, Edward Snowden,
by colmvp 11y ago
Honestly, I'm positively perplexed by this comment.
Twitter allows me to follow writers and influencers like Malcolm Gladwell, William Gibson, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, to niche industry influencers ranging from Rails engineers to industrial designers to photographers in a way that is digestable and at times personal. To me, it's been edifying to read thoughts from them, discover work they've created as it happens, or find out about a book they recommend.
Twitter is literally what you make of it. Follow interesting people, you get interesting content.
- Outdoorsman 11y agoIt is, indeed, what you make of it....I agree... I know that the next day, or the day after that, worst case scenario, anything immediately relevant to me, or my community, will appear in my local newspaper, or RSS feed... I live locally, in the short run, globally in the long run... That's what devalues Twitter to investors...it's just "entertainment...it can easily be given up, without any real consequences...there are other more refined sources for what it offers...
- incepted 11y agoYour comment is very reasonable but I've found that celebrity or wits or intelligence hardly correlates to interesting Twitter stream. Basically, most people who tweet are a waste of time to read. Even at 140 characters at a time. It's surprisingly hard to find people who consistently say interesting things in such a restricted space. Overall, I've decided it was so hard that it just wasn't worth my time, so I no longer read Twitter at all. Obviously, your mileage may vary.
- MollyR 11y agoI too have felt the same way. I occasionally check John Carmack's twitter or some other developers, but that's it. and when he was around I loved https://twitter.com/devops_borat https://twitter.com/devops_borat