Twitter filters don’t solve the problem

I want to be a better follower.  Really I do.  I want to hear what the people I am following on twitter have to say.   But I just can’t hear some of it.    I have been client-hopping like a speed-dater, hoping that Mixero, or TweetDeck, or (my current squeeze) HootSuite would enable me to listen intelligently.    As a result I am having fun playing with lists, filters, and searches.  But I am still not hearing properly.

My problem is that signals from my low-frequency sources get swamped.   What happens to ‘Taciturn Ted’, when his signal is mixed in with ‘Chatty Katy’ and ‘Average Anne’? He becomes invisible.

This is exactly the opposite of what should happen.