Another new service has come my way - sadly not as ground-breaking as Google Wave but Twitter Lists, a new beta feature in Twitter described below, is going to be interesting.
The feature is inspired by Twitter clients which use it as a way of organising users being followed to help manage updates and digest increasing amounts of information.
Lists has a couple of difference on the usual management listings of Twitter clients like Twirl, Brizzly and countless others.
--- Lists can be made private or publicly available for others to see and follow (at this stage this applies to List beta users only)
--- Users included in lists are notified and given a tally (in the same way that a user has follower numbers, there are now list numbers).
--- Users in lists do not need to be followed by the list creator.
Lists are live and can be edited and updated in real-time.
Why Lists are important?
Since Twitter changed the @reply, meaning you only see conversations between users you follow. This means if you want to know what is being talked about by a group of people, say for example Twitters in Thailand, you must follow the vocal members.
Lists is a way of helping people identify people within a network, to keep up with discussions.
It also bypasses the @reply block and allows users to view in on conversations which take place between people they are not necessarily following.
Lists have the potential to tweak the way we use Twitter, sorting through the noise with more organisation.
Lists are timelines you build yourself, consisting of friends, family, co-workers, sports teams, you name it.
The feature is inspired by Twitter clients which use it as a way of organising users being followed to help manage updates and digest increasing amounts of information.
Lists has a couple of difference on the usual management listings of Twitter clients like Twirl, Brizzly and countless others.
--- Lists can be made private or publicly available for others to see and follow (at this stage this applies to List beta users only)
--- Users included in lists are notified and given a tally (in the same way that a user has follower numbers, there are now list numbers).
--- Users in lists do not need to be followed by the list creator.
Lists are live and can be edited and updated in real-time.
Why Lists are important?
Since Twitter changed the @reply, meaning you only see conversations between users you follow. This means if you want to know what is being talked about by a group of people, say for example Twitters in Thailand, you must follow the vocal members.
Lists is a way of helping people identify people within a network, to keep up with discussions.
It also bypasses the @reply block and allows users to view in on conversations which take place between people they are not necessarily following.
Lists have the potential to tweak the way we use Twitter, sorting through the noise with more organisation.
