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For me Twitter is 100% consumption. It is a way to discover new articles & views from the 400 people or so that I follow. It could be Bill Gates latest views. Maybe a couple of comedians. A couple of athletes. Probably a bunch of Entrepreneurs. It is just another stream that I check out for 10-15 minutes a day to discover new interesting stuff in niches that I am interested in. This use case is never mentioned. Are there so few people using Twitter like this?

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Same.

Most of my friends don't regularly use Twitter.

But I don't care. Writers ranging from William Gibson to influencers like Edward Snowden to editors like Nate Silver to basketball reporters like Zach Lowe populate my feed. What's not to like? I get way more value from Twitter than Facebook or Reddit.

Same for me. It's a great way to stay up-to-date with a topic of interest... Anything relevant will spark conversation on Twitter.

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