Scobleizer definitely seems to use it as a fire hose. Following thousands of people, it seems impossible for it to be anything but. I eventually unfollowed him because of the massive amount of conversations he has that I have no interest in.

I prefer following close friends, coworkers, and various people who run in various circles, such as the agile sphere. Agilists frequently express viewpoints and carry out interesting debate that I find incredibly valuable. Because I am interested in specific parties, I tend to want to read every single tweet.

Then there are people who expect following others in Twitter to be more like subscribing to a blog. They follow very few people and I expect they want a low frequency of tweets to review, and they expect them to be interesting. A fellow coworker unfollowed me recently, for example, because I simply tweet too much for his liking. I thought Scobleizer was over the edge, but for some people, even I am over the edge.

It’s important to note that I would still be following people like Scobleizer if I could more finely tune my notification settings. I prefer to “show all @ replies”, which means I see absolutely everything the people I follow tweet– even bits of conversation with others. And that’s what I want– it allows me to discover other interesting people.

As soon as a Twitter client comes along that allows me to split the people I’m following into different groups and review those “tweetstreams” independently, I’ll be head-over heels in love with Twitter.

Agree about having a good client: I’ve been using Twhirl, and occasionally grab the trunk of Witty.

jarodferguson if anyone wants to follow…