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I keep seeing this article about the importance of twitter lists getting retweeted, and I’m compelled to disagree.
Steven Hodson over at The Inquistr is making an argument that Lists are going to be the new ranking system in social media. He references an article at the Bivings Report about using twitter lists to judge influence, and then goes on to make some pretty bold blanket statements, like:
(a) “It is how you are now going to be able to measure your worth in the world from this day forth.Yes sir you can now measure your value by how many lists you have been lucky enough to find yourself on.”
(b) “Whether or not we get over being left out of other peoples lists doesn’t change the fact that Twitter Lists will become the new ranking system in Social Media. They will be the new measure of worth to a lot of people…..”
My response is that:
(a) no it isn’t.
(b) no it won’t.
My rationale:
If you haven’t joined Twitter yet because it seemed too hard to find people saying anything that matters, it’s time to reconsider.
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