I like it. I hated it at first, but then I looked at my feed. I could actually find things that were interesting in less than 15 minutes (and I'm only followi

I like it. I hated it at first, but then I looked at my feed. I could actually find things that were interesting in less than 15 minutes (and I'm only following 80 people). Sure this was an option before, but my inclination to drink from the fire-hose was so great that I never even thought of turning it off. The OP's "hack" is a good one and I hope it catches on. Let's not forget that "@", "RT", "OH", hash-tags and all of those other twitterisms are emergent developments. "!" could be next (although I'd suggest "¡" for those of us with international keyboards :). There's also a nice concept of loudness. I can now whisper inconsequential nothings to a group of my friends or broadcast from the rooftops.