You read articles on the internet right ? And you mostly ignore the comments to maintain your sanity, right ? That's what Twitter can be. If you follow the right people (who provide insightful articles and threads rather than one-liners and bullshit thinkpieces) it is a *great* place for to-the-minute information and intelligent discourse.

If you read someone's think piece, then dive into the muck with the commenters, you're in deep shit. Never, ever, ever do that.

Follow thinkers, sports journalists, historians covering the Russia investigation (covering it well, not the hyper folks), shit like that ... and read their threads and articles. And like I said, never start reading the comments ever ever ever even for a single moment, just like you wouldn't go balls deep in the comments section of any news article.

Beyond the practical uses of it, and if you're looking for actual fun - NBA twitter is the best twitter, if you're a basketball fan.