It is insane how different our online worlds are. I’ll start talking to someone about a certain launch that “everyone knows about”, and they’ll give me a spacey head nod. I’ll mention an online superstar that “everyone has heard of”, and the person who knows everybody has never heard of them.
Our real-world relationships don’t have this problem. We can have conversations about our relationships because our mom knows who our best friends are. Our best friends know the people who get on our last nerve. It’s a nice little convenience when you don’t have to explain the backstory of every person mentioned in conversation.
This is why I’m excited about Twitter lists. (Never heard of ‘em? They’re basically lists you create of folks of your choice. Right now, I have a rocksmyworld list and a localsauce list. No, I won’t be creating a getsonmylastnerve list. Though I can think of a few right off the bat.)
Yay for organizing. Yay for prioritizing. But BIGGER YAY for being able to share our online worlds in a more contextual way.
A few more things I’m excited about:
- Being able to follow other people’s lists
- Seeing which lists people have included me on (if I start showing up on everybody’s getsonmylastnerve list, then I’ll know I’m doing something wrong)
- Ditching Tweetdeck for good (Sorry Tweetdeck. It was good while it lasted.)
- The possible demise of Follow Friday! (Why do people generally recommend following people who aren’t interesting?)
I’m less than two hours into Twitter lists, so I’m sure I’m missing a whole bunch of other wonderful nuggets of goodness. Share! Please! (It’s nearly 4:30am, and I’m still on here thanks to these lists, so I’m going to dredge up all possible pleasure out of them.)
Posted on October 30, 2009 at 4:27 am 
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I’m not on the web consistently enough to learn 1/2 the awesome sh*t you know but I can see the pros and cons of this list thing. I would probably build lists like “invitetoplaystriptwister”, “smarterthanme” (Although that list might require a week just to read!) or “makesmesmile”.
I’m not on any lists yet but anticipate making it onto somebody’s list, probably these: “doNOTletyoursisterdate”, “makesmelaugh”, “lacksinhibitions” and “justplainscary”!
Thanks for sharing knowledge… too many people either horde it or avoid it!
.-= Steve “Dream” Weaver´s last blog ..Slacker =-.
I too am diggin’ the twitter lists! You’re on my bff’s one
.-= Liz´s last blog ..Things I Love Thursday =-.
Steve: Love “makesmelaugh”…I’m going to have to do one of those. I’m trying to be conservative about my lists so that I don’t have to remove people later — that would suck!
Liz: Thanks Liz! Aww shucks…I feel so special.