Being an early Twitter user, I'd say that the value of Twitter is in who you follow, not who's following you. When Twitter started it was a geek medium and dom

Being an early Twitter user, I'd say that the value of Twitter is in who you follow, not who's following you. When Twitter started it was a geek medium and dominated by nerd types. Back in 2007 it was almost a guarantee that I could follow any one and find interesting (to me) conversations and topics. For someone with poor social skills and living in a part of the world with no tech scene, it was an amazing opportunity to meet people and be part of a nascent community. I'm pretty sure that if I have a career in tech today is in part due to my early involvement in Twitter. With time, as its usage broadened, it became more and more difficult to find who to follow. Twitter seemingly tried very hard to divorce itself from the nerd community and became pop culture. Once it became Obama's and Justin Biever's medium it was pretty much ruined. Today, it's still possible to find interesting communities buried within the nonsense but it's getting more and more difficult to do so. (Non native speaker, sorry if something does not make sense)