Obviously everyone gets inundated with information from their twitter feed, sadly from their most admired collection of people. There has to be a more organized way to sort through the information and make the value rise to the top.

A simple algorithm, similar to HN would do the trick- curating information from your favorite people to make the funniest, or most intelligent post rise to the top. Instead of up-votes, it's retweets & favorites, still including the timeliness as a major factor.