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Twitter Lists: Frequently Asked Questions and Strategies

Source: mashable

Nov 03, 2009

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Liz Pullen is a sociologist/ethnographer who is working on a qualitative research project on online social communities with a focus on Twitter. She Tweets as @nwjerseyliz and blogs at Spiral Scratch.

Over the past few days, the new Twitter Lists feature has opened up to all Twitter users and there has been a flurry of people trying them out and evaluating their pros and cons. So far, three uses have become most visible: 1) Lists as a way of organizing your followers, 2) Lists as a form of recommendation, and 3) Lists as a way of measuring influence.

This article will answer the most common questions about Twitter Lists and talk about how they can be strategically employed by users to enhance the Twitter experience.

Questions and Strategies

Question: I’ve read HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists, but what else should I know about them?

Strategy: Currently, each Twitter account can create up to 20 lists, and each list can include up to 500 users. So, theoretically, there is room to include as many as 10,000 people on your lists. Everyone can access lists via the Twitter web

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