If you read this blog and follow craiganderson on Twitter (which, as far as I can think, would be zero of my nearest and dearest), you would’ve noticed that I’ve recently flip-flopped on my “I quit” message. The reason is two-fold:

1. I noticed that I was missing out on a lot of office banter. Being that guy constantly saying “Huh? What are you guys on about?!” isn’t that much fun.

2. Following somebody on Twitter isn’t, as I’d previously thought, the equiva­lent of subscribing to a web feed.

Before rejoining Twitter, I had over 600 unread articles in my web feed reader, the majority of which I’m probably not interested in. Most of these unread articles were from sites I’ve only got a passing interest in; occasionally they’ll pub­lish something I’m very interested in reading, but most of the time I’ll pass it by.

My web feed reader isn’t ideal for parsing those lists. It forces me to acknow­ledge every single article—a chore I’ve obviously neglected.

Watching a Twitter feed is different. You’re not forced to acknow­ledge every single message, so it’s a cinch to quickly parse a list and decide whether there’s any­thing there for you or not.

So now I’m sifting through the web feeds I’ve subscribed to, deciding which I’m going to stay subscribed to and which I’m going to delete and find a Twitter equivalent of.