But fundamentally, this micro-announcement service does serve two needs: to post updates with low overhead and to follow a concise stream of updates.
If you care about productivity, don't check your Twitter feed while you're trying to get work done. Disruptions are deadly for productivity because it takes several minutes to reorient the brain every time you go off track looking at something else. Stick to checking updates once per day—for example, during lunch. All the tweets will still be there.
"Followerwonk helps you explore and grow your social graph.
Dig deeper into Twitter analytics: Who are your followers? Where are they located? When do they tweet?"
"Welcome to fllwrs, the Twitter follower tracker. Would you like to see a record of who follows and unfollows you every day?
Would you like to get notified when someone unfollows you?
Use fllwrs to monitor changes in your Twitter followers over time and keep a history of followers that have been lost or added."
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