Twitter Lists

"Shelly Palmer: Twitter Lists Now Available to All Users" was the announcement in the Huffington Post on November 2, 2009. Twitter Lists is the long awaited new feature to easily manage large groups of people within Twitter. Twitter users have had to seek solutions from more than 30 external sources like Tweetdeck to find this function in the past.http://mashable.com/2009/07/13/more-twitter-groups/ This eagerly awaited improvement will substantially simplify using Twitter for all users.

On September 30, 2009 Twitter made an announcement of an upcoming new product called Twitter Lists. Everyone would then be able to make and manage lists of people by categories of their choice. http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/15/twitter-lists-feature-hits-beta-makes-twitter-a-lot-better/ This will help organize the large groups of followers that people get on Twitter. Although more than 30 external programs and methods, like Tweetdeck have let users group people on Twitter http://mashable.com/2009/07/13/more-twitter-groups/, Twitter did not have such a feature until now.

On September 15, 2009 a large group of people started beta testing Twitter Lists. http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/15/twitter-lists-feature-hits-beta-makes-twitter-a-lot-better/ Twitter Lists is now available to everyone according to the Huffington Post on November 2, 2009

• Twitter Lists will allow all Twitter users to easily manage large groups of people.

• Twitter users can now make unlimited lists of people they want to follow in public or private categories.

• Twitter readers can now either make their own lists or join public lists from other readers. Twitter users and their readers can also easily view and monitor who is following them in lists.

• For time saving, sharing lists that others have already compiled mean that you can now add a list of any size to your account with one click.