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Why The Twitter List Limit Should Stay @ 500
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Twitter has an estimated 45 million users, this is a pretty big user base that Twitter has to please. With that comes decisions that will tick off some and please others no matter, the key is finding a balance.


Twitter’s latest feature, Lists, have been a well discussed feature around the blogosphere. I am not sure how Twitter manages to get about as much press as Apple with little to no effort, but it is what it is.


There are numerous complaints, ranging from spam, to the actual usefulness of having lists. The latest complaint that I have seen and has yet to be bludgeoned to death is the fact that Twitter lists tap out at 500 people.


To some, 500 is simply too low of a limit and these people are shouting, “more!” comparing the limit to that of Facebook’s 5,000 friend cap for personal pages (which I also agree with, by the way). Let’s be clear here, you are an outlier.


Twitter Lists are meant to organize and keep track of certain people on Twitter and obviously, their tweets. This means lists will be generally small and well below the 500 limit. So how can I make

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