A colleague of mine, Michael Fergusson, once mentioned Dunbar’s Number, basically that there is a limit to the number of social interactions one can manage. As with all social networks I found twitter to be fun at first but lately have been overwhelmed and find myself not bothering to use it much. I think this is a bit of a shame as there are people I want to keep having conversations with.
So I’m pruning my follow list to a manageable lot, and although this won’t help with the flood it’s a useful tool to help get the number down: