After one month of experimenting with Twitter as my primary news source, here are my observations:

I didn’t even need 10 minutes for browsing—digesting the main stories took about half that time
Related, there are only a few major ongoing trends at a time, and the rest is just fluff
As I wrote several days ago, I had to unfollow Trump’s account—it was too negative, too in-your-face. I felt like I was being yelled at
There is definitely a negative tint to the news, and the act of following it. Most things that are reported are “bad,” rather than “good”
Even though I took care in choosing which few news outlets to follow, it still required me to be diligent in staying neutral. I had to continuously ask myself, “Are these facts? Is there bias here? What’s really going on?”
Still, in following only 6 accounts, I had to wade through lots of ads and opinion pieces while perusing. Twitter’s UI is definitely designed and optimized to keep you on the platform
I did enjoy being better informed with what was happening around the world

So the big question—will I continue? Yes, I will use Twitter to keep current on world events. I think I’ll drop it down a bit, and log on every other day as opposed to daily. Despite some of the platform’s shortcomings, I think it’s worth staying informed, and a few minutes of Twitter every couple days seems to be the most efficient option. It’s also free.

I’ll continue to refine my system and will post any further thoughts. Keeping up with current events is an important responsibility of being a global citizen.