Has Follow Friday Outlived its Usefulness?

My good friend, @Dr_Cards ask me that question a couple of days ago.

The original purpose of FollowFriday (#FF) was to recommend great people to follow.  It was a great way – and still is – to find interesting people to follow.  With the advent of Twitter Lists and applications like Twellow, we now have many ways to find interesting people to follow.  Maybe we no need FollowFriday.

I think that FollowFriday is just as useful today as ever – but its use has evolved.

I now use FollowFriday as a vehicle for publicly acknowledging and saying ‘Thank You’ to important people in my life – people who have helped me solve a problem or get to where I am in life (though all of my FollowFriday recommendations are certainly people worth following).