Twitter itself is hard to follow and sort unless you have untreated ADHD, which may be another reason that I like it (Hey- is that a squirrel?).
But most people download a client to help sort things out- like Seesmic Desktop , TweetDeck or PeopleBrowsr. I have TweetDeck up, and I have filtering several columns that I have set up, including Faves, twitterqueens and twitteratti. I used to use TwitZap, but since twitter increased the API, I haven’t been timed out on TweetDeck, and am finding it easier to interact with all of my followers. That is why I am on there- to meet new people and interact, and the app that lets me do this the most easily will be my huckleberry.
This is a screenshot of my TweetDeck:
TweetDeck Screenshot
You can see some of the titles of my columns. I added search terms to the default terms by clicking on the sixth button from the left, labeled groups. I haven’t even fooled with the colors or anything- by using the little wrench in the upper right hand of the screen, but I probably should before I go blind.
So TweetDeck is my flavor of the month. I like the ease of use, but my most important objective is to relate to people. I like being able to easilly see all of my friends’ updates (TweetDeck used to be jerky, but now if I am on, they scroll by pretty smoothly) so I can comment and interact. I think it is really important not to interact with the same five people and that’s it- I could do that at home.
