Twitter Lists will change the social dynamic

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Agree with Mitch's assessment that Twitter Lists will change Social Dynamic

Mitch does a great job of showing why a class
system could emerge and how to use lists to
level the playing field by unfollowing those
who don't follow back but still follow them
through lists. If this gains widespread
adoption, it could certainly take the wind out
of the sails of those who may follow but follow
few back, and this would change social
dynamics.

I believe that creating lists may result in a
dual class of Twitizen ? Those who are on lists
of influential people and those who are not.
To some extent lists may freeze the status quo
of power structures within Twitter as they
exist today, giving those with influence even
more, while making it much harder for new users
to be discovered and may hinder engagement by
the long tale of users.

I elaborate on these thoughts more here:
http://bit.ly/1glydV

Posted by: andrewmueller   Posted on: 11/06/09  (Edited: 11/06/2009 @ 11:19) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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