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half of my updates on twitter are replies to friends or coworkers, so it's mostly about communication about current projects, discussing news, etc. and I only

• unalone 18y ago
  Then I guess it's a matter of different social spheres. Where I am nobody uses Twitter.
  • mtw 18y ago
    depends also on what you do. i work with many companies and many entrepreneurs so that's where twitter is useful. solo-entrepreneurs, consultants, bloggers might also find very it useful. also, if you go to local programming/hacker meetups, you're bound to find a few who use twitter.
    • unalone 18y ago
      But that's the problem. I dislike most programmer/hacker types. While I think I've something of a hacker personality, I'm far more a critic than I am a hacker. And most hackers are completely unpolished and unfocused. The people who follow my account on Twitter, for instance, are the sorts of people who constantly linkspam. I can't stand that. And I find some people on Twitter funny, but that isn't productive and it's not thought-provoking. Blog posts at least provide some thought: Twitter, I find, rarely does.
      • fallentimes 18y ago
        Wow that's a lot of generalizations. What if you just stuck to following friends only? Or is it the chicken/egg problem? Just because they follow you doesn't mean you have to follow them. :)