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Ask HN: Who do you follow on Twitter?

6 pointslmartel10 comments

I finally created a Twitter account instead of just browsing, and it seems like it could be a great personal news feed if I follow the right people. HN seems like the right place to ask: are there any Twitter accounts (tech-related or otherwise) you find especially insightful or informative? Who do you follow on Twitter?

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Personally, I follow way too many people to get any actual enjoyment out of Twitter. I would really like to slim down, but it would take a considerable amount of time to do so.

But if you're interested in web development and design, check out http://uptodate.frontendrescue.org/ for some good pointers on who to follow.

I try to stick to around 200 people (anymore and I have a hard time keeping up). While a big chunk of who I follow is coworkers or people related to my work, theres also people/accounts like:

@pycoders @jessenoller for python related stuff, and @zeeg for python and startup insights (he's behind getsentry.com)

@nntaleb @neiltyson for my daily dose of awesome science/math/logic.

@wilw @pvbrett @deadmau5 for some celebrity/author/music nerd fixes. @deadmau5 is worth following alone for the pictures of his awesome studio setup.

A pretty good tactic i've found is to find someone who's interest's align with your own and see who they are following.

I'm in a similar boat- I just started using my Twitter account after creating it years ago & never following anyone.

So far I follow 4 people: Barack Obama, who tends to say the same thing over & over. Kim Dotcom, who talks about privacy issues & retweets interesting stuff on that. My email provider who almost never tweets. And a guy from my local hackerspace who barely ever tweets, too.

At one point I followed @TheWhiteHouse, but it was just BS, so I stopped.

I'll be interested in seeing where this thread goes, since I'm also interested in finding interesting people to follow- thanks for asking.

https://twitter.com/zalew/tech-python

https://twitter.com/zalew/tech-javascript

https://twitter.com/zalew/tech-clojure

https://twitter.com/zalew/podcasts

I follow around 900 people, most of whom are reporters/bloggers/actors/actresses/attractive ladys/friends.

Depending what you're interested in, some favourites of mine are: @SciencePorn, @GaryVee, @TheStalwart, @AntonKreil, @GSElevator, @DavidBrent, @Cmdr_Hadfield, @FootyGif, @Digg, @GaryLineker

I always say how Twitter gets much better after following more people.

I don't Tweeter myself, but I do subscribe (via the now removed, but still functional RSS feeds) to a few accounts, all of which are status updates. That's the one useful thing about Twitter for me - providing status updates to customers via a third-party site, so they can be accessed even when your domain is gone or your datacenter flooded.

I follow the always-relevant and useful @PicardTips and @HackerNewsOnion.

I also get less entertaining, but more actionable, advice from @patio11 and @orangethirty (both regular HNers). Patrick also periodically retweets the posts of others you may wish to follow.

I'm mostly following people who I met at conferences / meetups / work as well as people who usually have something interesting to say in matters I'm interested in, like people from W3C, Opera, Google, popular UX speakers and such.

This should help: https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/most-influential-in-tech

I exclusively follow @_milesokeefe:

https://twitter.com/_milesokeefe

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