Comments on: Twitter Lists Are Life Changing, Threaten Yammer & Others http://www.socializedpr.com/twitter-lists-are-life-changing-threaten-yammer-others/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:36:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gordon http://www.socializedpr.com/twitter-lists-are-life-changing-threaten-yammer-others/#comment-2767 Gordon Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:33:04 +0000 http://www.socializedpr.com/?p=636#comment-2767 I was also fortunate enough to be in the early beta group for the lists feature. I think your point about the language used to describe lists and their members is an important one. The current situation is very confusing and the general user is bound to find it off-putting. The current list management mechanisms are extremely clunky, I have also experienced long lag times and outright failure of add to list actions. I know the feature is in beta and we must be patient, but it is still a little frustrating. I hope the lists feature does evolve in some of the ways you have outlined above, it would greatly add to the utility of Twitter. I think we may be permanently stuck with hashtags though, as they have entered the general consciousness. For example, Gawker just incorporated hashtags in a non-Twitter context in their recent site redesign: http://www.seanpercival.com/blog/2009/10/19/gawker-redesign-hybrid-of-blog-facebook-and-twitter/ other designs will inevitably mirror this at some point. I was also fortunate enough to be in the early beta group for the lists feature. I think your point about the language used to describe lists and their members is an important one. The current situation is very confusing and the general user is bound to find it off-putting.

The current list management mechanisms are extremely clunky, I have also experienced long lag times and outright failure of add to list actions. I know the feature is in beta and we must be patient, but it is still a little frustrating.

I hope the lists feature does evolve in some of the ways you have outlined above, it would greatly add to the utility of Twitter. I think we may be permanently stuck with hashtags though, as they have entered the general consciousness. For example, Gawker just incorporated hashtags in a non-Twitter context in their recent site redesign: http://www.seanpercival.com/blog/2009/10/19/gawker-redesign-hybrid-of-blog-facebook-and-twitter/ other designs will inevitably mirror this at some point.

]]> By: dominiq http://www.socializedpr.com/twitter-lists-are-life-changing-threaten-yammer-others/#comment-2766 dominiq Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:46:22 +0000 http://www.socializedpr.com/?p=636#comment-2766 Thanks for this post. I haven't had the chance of experimenting with this feature. At the end of the day, after being seduced by the novlety of twitter, it all boils down to : who matters ? No all people that you follow are the same and if you spread your attention on eveybody, you' re letting others to focus on people that matter. Lists are a good first step and I agree more should come. Thanks for this post. I haven’t had the chance of experimenting with this feature.

At the end of the day, after being seduced by the novlety of twitter, it all boils down to : who matters ?

No all people that you follow are the same and if you spread your attention on eveybody, you’ re letting others to focus on people that matter.

Lists are a good first step and I agree more should come.

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