Can anyone explain how they use this or how they observe it being used? I follow 8 people, try to keep my circle of influencers small. Too much garbage out there. Only two follow me, I'm not sure why they do. What I notice is this: every couple of weeks some stranger shows up to follow me. I check them out, try to figure why they follow, engage them in some discussion. Typically they are someone with lots of followers seemingly looking for more as a feeder to a paid website or advisory service. The latest one was someone that had a run a very small hedge fund into the ground, served time for the fraud, now has thousands of followers. He suggested I buy his book to learn about him. I called him worthless, why would anyone trying to beat the market follow a crook? Is twitter really just this useless? How do you use it or see it used?
Only ever heard the name, would not have a clue how to use it. I trade discretionary and even do not follow the news - the charts tell everything there is to know.