No, this is not a tribute to Public Enemy, even though they probably shaped the music industry in the late '80s in the same way as Twitter changed a lot of internet habits in 2007.

I started using Twitter in March last year, and quickly became addicted, like a lot of other people. But I didn't make the "mistake" of following people like a maniac just to have a lot of people follow me. My 100+ followers now include people who I consider the most influential people in the blogosphere (you know who you are, and you don't need the link love), colleagues around the world from GCI Group, and some of the few Norwegians in the Twittersphere.

But even as conservative I've been with following, the noise ratio is picking up. I have switched notifications off on some people, but the noise is still there. The problem isn't really that people tweet too much, the problem is that there are too many good Twitterers and bloggers out there, with brilliant insights and great comments. So the noise isn't really noise, it's an abundance of quality. And is that really a problem, or do I just need more time?

I've been spending less time reading tweets lately, and with the arrival of the social networking features of Google Reader, I get most of my news through the people I have added there, like Chris Brogan and Robert Scoble. Just a month ago, I would probably have gotten these links from Twitter.

I certainly won't be leaving Twitter for a while, and when news moves fast, like the Scoble vs. Facebook soap, it is a great tool. But will our use of Twitter shift? And in what direction?