weselec:

I think being able to see the favorites of people we think we share interests with is sufficient.

How about, as a crude heuristic, a leaderboard with the most starred tweets as selected by the people *you* follow? Because they clearly have something in common, and that set of tweets would probably help you discover people you should be following. Heck, it could even somehow indicate the people on the leaderboard whom you don’t follow.

I have a script that does that, and should probably make it into a web app one of these days. Here’s my “people I follow” leaderboard for the last 2 days:

"Heeeeeeeeeere's Farrahhhhhh!"

"Heeeeeeeeeere's Michaellllll!"

God: "Dammit Ed. Cut it out."

-- @Mike_FTW (38)

BRUCE WILLIS HAS BEEN DEAD THE WHOLE TIME!

-- @giromide (36)

I hid in the jello tree and as the glowing hamburgers passed by,
their whale song began to echo.

I gonna buy a CASE of this cold medicine.

-- @Zaius13 (36)

Would my hippie dress be more acceptable to you if I told you
I caught and skinned the hippie myself?

-- @MsHiss (34)

I need to talk my wife into letting me take naked pictures
of her. Otherwise I won't be able to explain these naked
pictures of her.

-- @InSoOutSo (32)