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Though Twitter seem to be having some stability issues, at the time of writing, almost every active Twitter user should now have access to the new Lists functionality.

We covered it briefly back when the beta started, but here's a quick guide on how to make them -- and how to get the most out of them, because really... this might be exactly the change we social media addicts have all been waiting for.

It's really quite easy. In three steps:

1. Visit the Twitter homepage. If you see the Lists box (as seen at the top of this entry), then you're good to go -- if it's not there, you'll have to wait until you're included in the testing, which should be really soon now.


2. Type in the name of someone that matches the list you're creating. Why this doesn't auto-complete using some kind of funky AJAX I do not know...


3. Finally, hit that new button that you've probably not seen before, and add them to a list!

And now you're done adding the first person to your first list! What now? Well... you can either make your own list of awesome people (or boring people to avoid?) -- or you can go and use the lists that other people have made!

Here are some good Twitter Lists to get started with -- I'll try to cater for everyone:

• The Twitter Team -- good for up-to-the-minute news from the developer team itself. They can be quite funny too, from time to time...
• Baseball Writers -- The Huffington Post have compiled this great list of sports-tweeters. Worth following if you're into baseball!
• The Huffington Post also have an Iran list, a Democratic Rep. list, a Republican Rep. list... (you can view all their lists here.)
• Musicians and Labels -- This one has a comprehensive collection of every record company and music magazine, and some bands/artists too.

If you have some great, comprehensive lists, please let me know, and I'll get them added -- there doesn't seem to be a List directory or search yet!
Twitter Lists finally unrolled to the masses -- get your lists here! originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.







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