Perhaps you're placing too much importance on Twitter. I don't care about follower counts on Twitter, and in fact, "delete" all my tweets every month or so. I

Perhaps you're placing too much importance on Twitter. I don't care about follower counts on Twitter, and in fact, "delete" all my tweets every month or so. I don't really place much importance on my tweets, either. I make heavy use of topic-based lists and when I really want to soak stuff in, I use TweetDeck. Properly curated, it's a great source for news and nuggets of info, joy, and laughs.