Should you follow fewer people on Twitter?

It might be time to thin the herd.

“The true richness of social media comes from connecting with people interested in THE thing you’re interested in. If you’re into green glowing snow-ball abacuses, and there’s only a widow in Wales and a teenager in Chile interested in green glowing snow-ball abacuses, too, your goal should be to have them in your network. Not their sister-in-law, your corner store butcher, and the odd guy from Turkey you’re following only because he follows you and you don’t want to be rude.”

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