November 4th, 2009

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New from Twitter:Twitter Lists

What are Twitter Lists?

If you have not been on your Twitter account lately, you should be aware of Twitter Lists, which is the new feature that Twitter just released last week. This is the feature that allows the Twitter user to create groups.Twitter Logo

Lists enable the user to group users according to any variable that they choose. Some Examples:

  1. Geographic locations(Philly Bloggers)
  2. Occupations (Web Developers)
  3. Family(My family and friends Twitter accounts)
  4. Work(business contacts)
  5. Hobbies(mountain biking)

The uses are limitless.

Lists can be both public and private.  You don’t need to follow someone to add them to a list. Adding profiles to a private list does not let them know that they are on the list, but adding a profile to a public allows the profile to see that they are included on a list. Twitter takes the word privacy serious.

When would I want to use a private list?

  1. keep track of my competition.
  2. Using Twitter for research that you may want to keep private.
  3. Keep all your amorous profiles secret.
  4. Keep your family profiles secret.
  5. If you are ghost Tweeting, you can create a list of the profiles that you tweet on to have easy access to the stats.

In short, Twitter Lists are here, stop in and check them out.

Some Other Twitter List Tips:

  1. Got an idea for a list, then create your list and then add profiles.
  2. Check Out the Twitter Blog post announcing the Twitter List Feature.
  3. Check out my first blog post on Twitter Lists on Socialtivity.net.
  4. If you get added to a list, follow the list.
  5. When you are added to a list, your Tweets will show up on the Twitter list stream.
  6. If someone adds you to a cool list, not a list of “jerks”, then you might want to consider not only following the list, but also consider following the person.
  7. If you go to http://twitter.com/goodies/widgets you can get widgets that allow you to show lists as well as the standard Twitter stuff.

If you would like to be added to the Pixelhead_Peeps list, leave a related comment below, and include your Twitter profile in the comment.

So what do you think of Twitter Lists?

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Written by Pixelhead on November 4th, 2009 with 43 comments.
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