[dorkwood]

I've been browsing the likes of people on Twitter. It works like this: find one person you think is interesting or does interesting work, and go to the 'likes' section of their profile. Scroll through their likes until you find something else that's interesting. Click through to that person's profile, and repeat. You can find some really cool stuff doing this, especially if you happen upon someone with similar taste. It's a great way to surface content without waiting for the algorithm to serve it up to you.

[_xgw]

This general concept of going back to the source of the information can be applied to many other social networks to find higher-quality/interesting content. I started browsing hackernews because I realized a lot of the content posted on reddit on /r/programming and tech-related subreddits was often posted here first.

It all starts by taking the time to examine the content you consume & why you enjoy consuming it.