Comments on: Twitter Lists In Detail or, “Yo Dawg, I Heard U Like Lists!”

By: Are Morch

Are Morch — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:58:48 +0000

Been in Europe for two weeks and was of computers almost the hole period. So missed out on the startup buzz of Twitter Lists.

So this was a handy article.

Will check out some of the resources mentioned here.

But at the moment if this seems to be me that Twitter has taken the Group function in TweetDeck and Userlist function in Seesmic and added the option to share this with your followers.

Still it looks a bit sequential. I hope the allow us to create main categories with subcategories. This will kind of be the back way to add a bookmark option to Twitter. Then Twitter really will rock!

By the way had not catched the makeover of TwiTip before now.. Looks awesome. Great Job!

Cheers.. Are

By: Jeff Brown

Jeff Brown — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:44:36 +0000

Great job Jade. Twitter is certanly evolving and transforming quickly. We are all trying to keep up with the changes. You brought up many great issues with lists. Time for me to pull your info into practice.

By: Chris Dowell, Olathe Kansas Realtor

Chris Dowell, Olathe Kansas Realtor — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:16:04 +0000

Best intro and explanation of Twitter List I have read so far. I think this could be a really big thing.

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:59:23 +0000

Just wanted to let you know that all of the twitter names here go to twitter.org instead of twitter.com (comments).

Another note, until it is integrated into apps like tweetdeck, it is worthless to me. In reality, I can create “groups” on tweetdeck that do essentially the same thing for me privately. I like that better.

By: CV Harquail

CV Harquail — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:39:59 +0000

Jade, this is a great summary with important insights.

I appreciate all the work it took to pull it together, since it will be a great resource for many.

Of course, I’m now feeling a bit pumped since you included a link to may post!

It makes me recognize that while being on a Twitter list is useful, there is nothing quite so gratifying as knowing that something you’ve written — using only or more than 140 chars- has influenced someone else’s thinking.

cvh

By: Dennis Hollingworth

Dennis Hollingworth — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:48:43 +0000

Just about getting my head around this, only just having come across it.

By: Nicola Erlich

Nicola Erlich — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:34:33 +0000

My first experience of the lists wasnt too great. I found myself on a list of “TweetsIWouldLikeToShag” Funny you might say but not when everyone and anyone who looks at your profile sees that. So that got me seeing lists as a bad thing from the off.
Although the lists can be a useful tool, for the most part it appears that people are using them as a playground cool “in” clique. I dont reveal my columns/groupings on my Twitter client so why would I put it up on Twitter to upset people?
Am intrigued what is going to happen when the spammers start making lists since you have no control over whether you are on a list or not, other than to block the person who created the list. I think we may be in for a lot of “blocking” soon.

By: Michael Martine (Headway Marketing)

Michael Martine (Headway Marketing) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:27:01 +0000

What nobody seems to be imagining is that lists can be used in ways other than intended, just like Twitter itself, which is one of its main strengths.

Now we will find out what it really means to have a personal brand: you don’t control it any more than a company does. Others control it. What recourse does a company have if it ends up in a magazine article headlined: “The Top Ten Most Evil Corporations in the World?” About none. That’s how much control you have over your personal brand. With reputation, the payment doesn’t come due usually until much later, when you can’t do much about it.

Now, I did see @unmarketing tweet that if you block a user who has put you on a list, that you’re removed from that list.

By: Brett Fyfield

Brett Fyfield — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:42:00 +0000

Hi Jade, great stuff, someone really needed to de-mystify lists for me. About opting in, Listorious allows you to make nominations for lists on the list page. This is similar to MrTweet in the way it can add to a person’s reputation if they are mentioned. I’ve got lot’s of ideas about how I’d like to make them work for me and my followers, now if I could only find enough time.

By: Jade Craven

Jade Craven — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:25:56 +0000

Peter – I probably should have highlighted the awesome job Scoble has done on lists. Thank you for your lovely comment. Ironically I only have two lists. I’ve spent more time writing about it than using it.

Sean – thank you for the compliment. I wanted to write a kick arse resource and I’m really glad you like it.

Ash – checking out your post now