On Frogloop's Radar
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 09:01AM | by
Allyson Kapin
Twitter Unveils Lists Feature:
Twitter has rolled out their new beta “lists” feature that allows users to create lists of people and nonprofits to follow. For example, Frogloop just started a list to follow nonprofits.
This “lists” feature is long over-due and should help users organize their twitter followers plus help promote the people and nonprofits users value the most. Prior to this feature, Twitter users had to use apps such as TweetDeck to segment different groups of people they wanted to follow on Twitter.
Care to know what lists include you or your nonrprofit? Login to your twitter account. Then look next to your “follower” and “following” count and you will see the “lists” count. Click on the “listed” link. In the event, that you end up on a list you don't feel comfortable being affiliated with, block that user and Twitter will automatically unlist you. If you would like to continue to follow that user, click on the their name and "follow" them back.
So what kind of impact will the “lists” have on nonprofits? Will everyone just start following lists instead of their usual twitter stream? Personally, I find the “lists” feature a little clunky at the moment. From a usability perspective, I would also like to see the “lists” stand out in a slightly bigger typeface and different color. Robert Scoble recently wrote a great post about the benefits and limitations of the lists. As Twitter fleshes out the usability issues on this new feature, it could prove to be quite powerful.
What’s a Follower Really Worth on Twitter?
In early October, Twitter added over a dozen new nonprofits and social change makers to their “Suggested User” list. Beth Kanter was one of the social change makers who made Twitter’s list and since then has been tracking the impact of her rapid growth on Twitter (now at over 125K followers).















