"I've always wondered how people who follow thousands of people are able to get much value from their timelines." Simple: TweetDeck. I can see it now on my 2nd

"I've always wondered how people who follow thousands of people are able to get much value from their timelines." Simple: TweetDeck. I can see it now on my 2nd screen, with 32 columns allowing me to, yes, effectively follow thousands of accounts and topics using lists and filters. Acquiring and growing TweetDeck is really the best thing Twitter's done, from a purely selfish experience, as it's become a fantastic research/communication tool. It's obviously low priority for them, evidenced by shutting down the mobile clients, but it seems they are smart enough to keep it running to keep a percentage of power users active in the network.