[madiathomas]

If I use twitter again, I will use it as a news source. I will follow news outlets, IT personalities, sports personalities, sports clubs, and Presidents. I won’t even tweet. Tweeting when you aren’t a celebrity or public figure is a waste of time.

[coredog64]

I’d say it’s worse than a waste of time. You might make a jocular comment or retweet something that, when taken out of context, can get you ostracized or fired.

[madiathomas]

More risk for zero gain.

[swozey]

I never understood the point of twitter until I started following journalists, professors, lawyers, etc. I still wish Twitter had Google+'s circles feature, so I could group those (along with engineers) and flip between them. I don't personally want to deal with multiple twitter accounts.

[detaro]

Twitter's list feature might help you a bit to get that, as might the tweetdeck client.

[Palomides]

twitter private lists more or less allow this, for following at least