[danso]

I use it purely to Tweet and to network...either to respond to people or to just tweet what I've read. I almost never read my timeline as I follow just about anyone who follows me, and anyone who is either in New York, a journalist, or a programmer, though I don't follow too many celebrities.

I don't understand people who are put off by the noise. Just don't read your timeline. Also, it's not much work to manage...whenever I read an interesting article, I just tweet the headline and link...Literally a 10 second action that sometimes can catch a lot of attention and help you find other like-minded people,

[jlarocco]

If nobody reads it, what's the point?

[danso]

People may not read the Tweet then, but people who look you up later have a good sense of the kind of things you like to read and think about. In a way, it's an even better reflection than if you had kept a blog, because with a blog, your main intent is letting your thoughts be known and read. For me, a Tweet is an effortless snapshot to what I just read.