I've always been a very proud Twitter user. I kept away from following anyone that I didn't know well. I gave myself the excuse that I'd not be able to keep up with the info overload. I was actually being very foolish, approaching the very social Twitter with a very passive attitude. On top of the excuse, I was also naturally more interested in having more followers than people I follow. Today, for a reason unknown even to myself, I saw things differently. I realised that I was missing out on a lot. I care about most things tech, marketing, and of course the social media. But I was following less than 200 people on Twitter. It suddently occurred to me that there were probably thousands of experts and people like myself that I could learn a thing or two from. And all it took was a simple button click. So I started asking my existing Twitter followers for social media experts I could follow and also began checking out the Twitter tools that would help me figure out who's in the know. I came across WeFollow and began focusing on the Social Media tag. I was absolutely right. I have been living in the dark for the longest time and there's so many people to learn from and so much to know. I also came across Brad Howard's Twitter bio which was an affirmation that I was on the right path. Brad's bio reads: "Sure I'll follow you... you never know where a great idea will come from :)". Now that's the right attitude. I have also come to realise that my suspicions of info overload were untrue. Unlike email or RSS readers where every single message or post is vying for equal attention, Twitter is different. If there's anything meant for me, a @benkoe would be used to prioritse the tweet. So after 2 years of using Twitter, I'm learning to use it again. No more pride, no more suspisions, just get out there and make more friends pick up more ideas. Note: I'm not going to follow everyone I come across or who follows me because that's asking for trouble. But if you're as excited about tech, marketing, and the social media as I am, I'll definitely follow you back.