Comments on: Twitter's "Listed" Stat: Is It a Measure of Influence?

By: Using Twitter for business and networking | Meryl.net

Using Twitter for business and networking | Meryl.net — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:39:42 +0000

[...] Twitter “Listed” Stat: Is It a Measure of Influence: Don’t let the Lists numbers bug you. [...]

By: lovestats

lovestats — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:39:50 +0000

I’m not sure if number of lists is a good thing. What if you’re on multiple lists of “says stupid things I can blog about.” I hope i’m not on too many of those!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:46:18 +0000

Great thoughts on Twitter lists, Meryl. I must admit to feeling a sense of esteem when I found myself on a few lists – it feels good to be acknowledged. I suspect I will create my own lists as a way to share the Twitter love as well as to help me stay organized. I only wish I had the time to organize the lists!

By: aclambart

aclambart — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:54:55 +0000

Lists, followers, following don’t mean too much! Although I must confess if someone new follows me a get a small twinge of excitement as I look at their profile quickly followed by slight suprise that anyone would want to follow me? (I have always been impaired by ‘low self esteem’!)
But in the grand scheme of things I personally believe its better to be ‘engaged’ with your followers and those you are following.
I feel like Twitter is a community of friends and strangers who have interesting things to share and with whom I feel are interested in what I have to say.(On Self Esteem Good Days!)
So whether you are a list, follower or followed it is the ‘quality’ not ‘quantity’ that counts in the end!

By: 7 Artikel, die man zu Twitters Listenfunktion gelesen haben sollte at @TwittCoach

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:09:02 +0000

[...] Dass die Listen auch zur Messung der Reputation verwendet werden können, findet Meryl Evans auf WebWorkerDaily: Twitter’s “Listed” Stat: Is It a Measure of Influence? [...]

By: Chris Lawson

Chris Lawson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:25:24 +0000

Really? I need to “better myself” in hopes that maybe I’ll be “lucky enough” to make it onto someones list now? I can’t be me anymore. I have to have “Twitter Appeal”. Gotta figure out what the kids want, gotta do some research. Target my Tweets just so, ya know, so that I can “better” myself and be labeled and categorized and listed and slotted and lined up. Cuz it’s all about your numbers, huh? All about who’s being listened to, who’s more important.
Twitter is a joke. Twitter has “jumped the shark” and swam away. Chase your lists, worry about your numbers and your lists. It’s all so very important, I know.

By: Jkoromi

Jkoromi — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:30:48 +0000

Why shouldn’t someone who’s quantifying themselves feel bad that someone else has more lists than them? That should try to help motivate them to try and make more lists and (by Twitter logic) have more people listen to what they have to say. If someone lands a client or job over me, well they’ve bested me, and that sucks. But it’s only a bad thing if it prevents you from making steps to better yourself.

By: Imran Ali

Imran Ali — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:15:48 +0000

Lists *do* add context, simply by way of their labelling at categorisation.

I suspect Lists will be a more valuable metric that follower counts, particularly when you begin to aggregatte and analyse the names of s lists an individual is a member of.