As a farmer, Twitter has shown to be the best place to keep abreast on what other farmers are trying in their operations. I've never met most of them, but insig

As a farmer, Twitter has shown to be the best place to keep abreast on what other farmers are trying in their operations. I've never met most of them, but insights into what they are doing is still useful information. It provides much the same charm as HN, where I've also not met most, for keeping abreast in what tech is doing. Facebook has been useful as a modern day telephone book. I don't see them as competing against real conversations. They serve a very different function.