Twitter Lists for the Masses

November 2, 7:57 AMSeattle Social Media ExaminerAstacia Carter

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Over the weekend, Twitter began rolling out it's new list feature. Are you a part of the popularity contest?

Officially, the feature is still in beta.  Not all of it's capabilities have been realized yet. Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter states in the Twitter blog,

Lists also make it easier to curate tweets into meaningful real-time experiences on your own sites via the Lists API.

Users have been busy creating lists. Many report that the process is time consuming but that hasn't stopped them. Lists are public by default. The can be made private by selecting . Other users can subscribe to any public list by clicking "follow this list."

The lists a user is included in can be viewed by clicking the "listed"  next to the following and followers status in the profile sidebar. The lists created or followed by users are found in the profile sidebar below the tweet counter.

Astacia is @mamikaze on Twitter.