For those just starting out with Twitter I thought I'd make a quick post on Twitter lists.
When I first started using Twitter I found it sort of confusing. As I started following people I found there were simply too many 'tweets' pouring in every day and making Twitter a somewhat unpleasant experience. People who only tweeted a little would be buried in the hundreds of other tweets that heavy users were making (so I'd often miss their tweets).
I found myself having to make decisions on who I would or wouldn't follow.
Then I discovered Twitter Lists and realized you don't have to make that choice. With a Twitter list you simple create a list, name it whatever you want, and then you can 'follow' people in that list instead of following them in your main Twitter page.
So on your main Twitter page you may only be 'following' 15 people, but you might also have a Twitter list where you following another 20 people. What's nice is that you will only see their tweets when you open up your Twitter list.
And if you have already loaded up dozens of people in your main Twitter stream, that's ok.
Simply:
1) Create a list (you can do this from the little icon with the down arrow found in multiple places on your page).
2) Now view the list of people you are following (click your 'following' link that can be found on your profile page)
3) For the users that you no longer want to follow (but still want to check out their tweets now and then) simply click the icon with the down arrow beside their name and then put a check mark on the list you want to add them to.
4) You can now 'unfollow' the user. You will still be 'following' them, just not in your main Twitter section any more. To see their Tweets you will have to view the list you added them to.
So there you go. A simple way to keep your main Twitter feeds to only the truly essential people you want to follow while at the same time being able to still follow as many other people as you want.
When I first started using Twitter I found it sort of confusing. As I started following people I found there were simply too many 'tweets' pouring in every day and making Twitter a somewhat unpleasant experience. People who only tweeted a little would be buried in the hundreds of other tweets that heavy users were making (so I'd often miss their tweets).
I found myself having to make decisions on who I would or wouldn't follow.
Then I discovered Twitter Lists and realized you don't have to make that choice. With a Twitter list you simple create a list, name it whatever you want, and then you can 'follow' people in that list instead of following them in your main Twitter page.
So on your main Twitter page you may only be 'following' 15 people, but you might also have a Twitter list where you following another 20 people. What's nice is that you will only see their tweets when you open up your Twitter list.
And if you have already loaded up dozens of people in your main Twitter stream, that's ok.
Simply:
1) Create a list (you can do this from the little icon with the down arrow found in multiple places on your page).
2) Now view the list of people you are following (click your 'following' link that can be found on your profile page)
3) For the users that you no longer want to follow (but still want to check out their tweets now and then) simply click the icon with the down arrow beside their name and then put a check mark on the list you want to add them to.
4) You can now 'unfollow' the user. You will still be 'following' them, just not in your main Twitter section any more. To see their Tweets you will have to view the list you added them to.
So there you go. A simple way to keep your main Twitter feeds to only the truly essential people you want to follow while at the same time being able to still follow as many other people as you want.
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