The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    How Do YOU TPM Cafe?

    I've been sporadically active on this site for several years now (tho I'm a consistently-active reader of it).  Seems to me no community's format is perfect, but TPM is pretty good. 

    But, as I was driving around this a.m., I was wondering how the regulars here find items to read and comment on.  Is it the list of recommendeds, is it the list of recents, is it the dashboard (which would seem to be especially hard for those who are "following" dozens or hundreds)?

    Personally, I usually browse the most recommendeds and the most recents - I only occasionally look at the dashboard.  (Which then makes me wonder, do I only "follow" people as a way of giving them a vote of confidence?)

    So, how do YOU TPM?