If *to tweet* is *to blog*, I am basically looking for blog categories. I was hoping lists might be a way to categorize the tweets.
But if there was direct support for categories then both the OP's use-case and mine would be covered. When you follow a person, you could specify which categories to watch. And when a person posts something, she could specify which categories to post under. Uncategorised posts would go to every follower's timeline. The way the lists currently seem to work, I am likely to be bombarded with information even if I follow a small number of lists! On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:28 AM, JDG <ghil...@gmail.com> wrote: > the only way right now to "direct" your tweets to a subset of users is to > make them protected or to DM users. The whole point of tweeting, so far as I > can tell, is to let everyone read it (at least, in the case of public > tweets). > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 20:47, Harshad RJ <harshad...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am more interested in the converse use-case; I would like to tweet about >> my sporting life only to the "sporties" list created by me. Is this possible >> / planned ? >> >> (Alright, I will be honest; replace "sports" with "tech" for me) >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Chad Etzel <c...@twitter.com> wrote: >> >>> This sounds like a 3rd party API application opportunity to me... >>> -Chad >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 7:11 PM, leonspencer <spencer_l...@yahoo.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> The new lists are a great way reduce the clutter in timeline. However, >>>> I immediately notice management problems with the lists where tweets >>>> are duplicate in timeline and list for tweets that have nothing to do >>>> with the list. For example, let's say I have a sports list: >>>> >>>> http://twitter.com/#/list/leonspencer/sports >>>> >>>> I add userA that tweets about sports. But userA also tweets about >>>> food. And being a friend, userA will tweet about personal stuff. >>>> >>>> If a user tweets about sports, dining, and personal stuff, ALL of >>>> these tweets are shown under the sports list as well as my timeline. >>>> Furthermore, if I create a second list for food/dining and add userA, >>>> ALL of the tweets regardless of food or sports will display under both >>>> lists. >>>> >>>> So what would be great is for Twitter to allow the optional >>>> specification of one or more hashtags when associating an account with >>>> a list, which would indicate tweets from that account should only >>>> appear under this list IF these hashtags are part of the tweet. >>>> >>>> Leon >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Harshad RJ >> http://hrj.wikidot.com >> > > > > -- > Internets. Serious business. > -- Harshad RJ http://hrj.wikidot.com
