Twitter lists are smarter than I thought

by Phil on April 11, 2010

Lists know who they are following enough to filter @replies depending on whether both people are on the list. That’s quite smart, and unexpected.

Here’s on with my @replies to @Erica_Jane_MP included, followed by a list that only I’m on (ie not Erica) with those filtered out. Smart.

Lists with @replies

Lists without @replies

2 comments

I think internally lists are modelled as users so they inherit all that functionality for free.

by Tamlyn Rhodes on April 16, 2010 at 3:59 pm. #

that makes utterly good sense, and would be quite a simple way to implement I guess. The concept of lists is growing on me, but I’m using them to take people out of my main timeline rather than zoom in on people.

by philsheard on April 16, 2010 at 4:16 pm. #

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