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I seem to be blogging more and more about Twitter, recently. Oh well, it's an interesting topic.

As well as following interesting people on Twitter, there are a number of other accounts that can be very interesting and/or informative. Here are some of my favourites.

1. @BreakingNews


I believe I covered this in a former post, but it's something that nearly every Twitterer should know about anyway. Formerly BreakingNewsON, this account posts breaking news as soon as it happens, often faster than mainstream news networks. I've found out about several breaking news events almost instantaneously since I started following this account, and it's also very handy for tracking ongoing news stories.

2. @Veratect


Continuing in the same vein, a very informative and topical Twitter account is Veratect. Only set up a few days ago, Veratect has only one purpose - to provide breaking news about the spread of swine flu. Posts are always prefaced by the country that the post applies to. If you're at all concerned about this porcine virus, then Veratect is a must-follow account.

3. @playtwivia

Now for a bit of fun. There are a multitude of Twitter games, and Twivia is among my favourites. It's very simple - they ask a question, you DM or @reply your answer, and get featured on their scoreboard. The questions are of a challenging but not ridiculously hard difficulty. Definitely worth a look.

4. @twitterfiction

Another account I've mentioned previously - this one in my last post about Twitter and writing. Twitterfiction tells user-submitted stories in, of course, 140 characters or less. There's something fascinating about a succinct, concise, but well-told story.

EDIT: It has come to my attention that @twitterfiction hasn't been updated in over a year. Oh well - it's still fun to read through the posts.

5. @thewordoftheday

Okay, a gratuitous plug here. I run this one. And while it's nowhere near as famous as the others I've mentioned, I am very pleased with the popularity it's gained - over 900 (over nine HUNDREDDD!) followers as of today. Every day, you get a cool word, pronunciation, and definition. And you can suggest your own words and probably get a mention. Come on, it's awesome.

I hope this post was of some help to you. Happy Twittering!

Tim