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RE: Twitter: is there any point?
I'd disagree. If you use a decent client like TweetDeck to monitor not only your own followees but also to mount searches on the entire Twitterstream, you can end up learning quite a lot. Team this up with Snackr, which gives you a ticker of RSS feeds across the bottom of your screen and you have a great vehicle for learning things directly and peripherally related to your interests.

There's a big "if". This only applies if you only follow people on Twitter who post useful links or ideas. As has been pointed out, there's little point in knowing about people's personal habits; I Tweet to publicise things that interest me, which I have found interesting, or which are directly related to my job.
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Funny, this blog was delivered to me via Twitter...  EdNetman | 11/25/08
Ironic, Indeed  Adam S | 11/25/08
Ditto. No text.  Palmetto | 11/25/08
I'd like to say:  jared@... | 11/25/08
GAH! Not first!  jared@... | 11/25/08
Undercooked Fish?  jhardy@... | 11/25/08
RE: Twitter: is there any point?  derek@... | 11/25/08
Here's One Point  wendy@... | 11/25/08
RE: Twitter: is there any point?  trybble1 | 11/26/08
RE: Twitter: is there any point?  walkesp | 11/25/08
i second you  Murali Bala | 11/25/08
It Depends  Adam S | 11/25/08
Twitter is IRRELEVANT (more so than Facebook)  B A M | 11/25/08
Extremely well written comment.  Karras | 11/26/08
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RE: Twitter: is there any point?  dan.gale@... | 11/25/08
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Facebook isn't in real time?  Adam S | 11/25/08
I don't get it at all.  Palmetto | 11/25/08
RE: Twitter: is there any point?  allenlee@... | 11/25/08
Bingo  jason@... | 11/25/08
RE: Twitter: is there any point?  AndyFinkle | 11/25/08
Thank you!  Adam S | 11/25/08
RE: Twitter: is there any point?  lindsay@... | 11/25/08
RE: Twitter: is there any point?  dan@... | 11/25/08
There is a point  absinthyium@... | 11/25/08
RE: Twitter: is there any point?  scottmcpherson | 11/25/08
English?  Murphy's_Brother | 11/25/08
I never understood it....  storm14k | 11/25/08
RE: Twitter: is there any point?  andypiper | 11/25/08
Enlighten me, please.  Palmetto | 11/25/08
Other Application beyond intended use  ryumaou@... | 11/25/08
Stupid questions, but  Palmetto | 11/25/08
I Agree With Your Line of Questioning  Adam S | 11/25/08
Tech use  jsaubert@... | 11/25/08
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Hold everything, I get it now  Palmetto | 11/25/08
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(place any social site name here): is there any point? NT  Mabrick | 11/25/08
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Viable uses for Twitter  Dr. John | 11/26/08
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RE: Twitter: is there any point?  cwallen19803@... | 11/26/08
RE: Twitter: is there any point?  kdcb@... | 11/26/08
useless twitter  komplexb | 11/26/08

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