It took me awhile, but I found 3 use cases for Twitter.<p>1) Follow interesting people in the tech industry to see what they are thinking about semi-real time. I often see links on Twitter days or weeks before they end up on HN for example.<p>2) Add to the entertainment experience of TV. Watching The Walking Dead, the Super Bowl, or the debates with Twitter going in the background provides insight and comedic relief.<p>3) Publicly shaming companies. I&#x27;ve done this multiple times with Comcast and they have reached out and made it right.<p>What I don&#x27;t do is follow friends or people I know well for the most part. I already know what they think, so a stream of their thoughts does not provide much value.