I set up a Twitter account during the Wagner mutiny to be able to follow a few people I know through podcasts. Journalists and public figures and whatnot.
Although I’ve used Twitter in the (distant) path I just don’t know how these people keep going. About 75% percent of the comments under their Tweets are from completely obsessed and insane people.
Twitter makes /r/politics and /r/worldnews seem a calm and collected bunch.
I used to use RIF (and briefly Narwhal) and ended up using Connect.
It’s not quite what I want, but close enough.