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It's not the platform, it's the content.

I feel maybe you haven't been lucky enough to find your content-suppliers.

There's some gold there in the nooks and crannies.

You hinted at the problem: it's nearly impossible to find on your own.

I think this is making the same mistake that you see from a lot of new programmers asking "what should I write?" Unless there's a specific group you want to follow, maybe Twitter isn't for you.

On the other hand, if you have some interests and you know some people who are active online about those issues, odds are extremely high that they're on Twitter. Follow them, then follow people they retweet, then follow people they retweet, and so on. Don't hesitate to unfollow people who are crapping up your feed with stuff you're not interested in.

Twitter is a beautiful web of connections, and you really only need a handful of starting points to build a feed tailored to your interests.

That's sort of my point though, unless you have that one person or group you know you want to follow there's no reason to sign up. Which makes sense, but isn't really good for Twitter.

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