I don't think so. I'd just miss out on more and filtering what's relevant and what isn't would be more time-consuming (I can scan 2-3 sentences in a Tweetdeck c

I don't think so. I'd just miss out on more and filtering what's relevant and what isn't would be more time-consuming (I can scan 2-3 sentences in a Tweetdeck cell a lot quicker than a rambling blog post in heavily styled blog). If there's something I need/want to know in detail, I'll read up on it and maybe research further, so that wouldn't change, but I'd have a harder time finding these things and I'd probably spot emerging trends later (that's what Twitter conversations tend to be pretty useful for).