Social Media Tutorials 04: How to Use Lists in Twitter

If you follow more than 50 people on Twitter, the list feature is a great tool for you. It works a little like circles in Google Plus, except the total number of lists you can make is limited.

Lists are wonderful because they allow you to filter through the tweets and see only what you want to see. For example, if you have one Twitter account for both your personal and professional self, you can set up a list to just show you tweets by your real life friends and a separate list for tweets from your clients.

For lists you create, you can choose whether they are public lists that anyone can see and follow, or if they are private lists that only you can see.

In addition, you can also follow other people’s lists.For example, if your publishing company has 8 reps, one person could create a list of those 8 people, and you could follow their list instead of making your own.

Go to a person’s profile on Twitter and click on lists to see all of the public lists they created and follow. You can follow any of the lists you see because you will not be able to see someone’s private lists.

There are some really creative uses for lists. One person created accounts for Star Wars characters and then added all of the characters to a list and the characters tweeted out the Star Wars story. By following the list (or visiting the list page) you could read all of the posts by the characters all in one place without having to friend them all!

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