[jnevill]

Same here. I have an account, but I've never found any use for it. I've tried a few times, but it offers nothing that I want.

I tend to be more "Social" on sites that focus on a specific topic like StackOverflow, Blogs that I follow, Facebook for friends and family, so Twitter offers nothing there.

Others seem to use twitter as a new aggregator where stories they care about get bubbled up by their followers. I use feedly though to track the hundreds of sites I care about and I've gotten very adept at filtering through the content I don't care about using it.

When I have used twitter, I've found the amount of content overwhelming and I hate that I feel this need to "Catch up" since last time I looked at it. It's endless monotony.

[cookiecaper]

I think the real promise of Twitter is that it offers a platform to engage directly with movers and shakers. The short form makes it possible to exchange ideas with high-profile people that otherwise would never be able or willing to read all the long-form mail they get. @pmarca has addressed a tweet I made before, totally unsolicited. That's the only element that I feel it really brings to the table; it's digestable for busy people, and busy people actually sometimes engage on it (though often to their detriment).