Twitter introduces new category-based suggested user lists

Filed under: Social Software, web 2.0, Microblogging

For a long time, Twitter has welcomed new users with the Suggested User List, an assorted pool of celebrities, tech pundits, web luminaries and more. The SUL wasn't a bad idea, but it was trying to do a job that requires a much more precise tool. Because not all Twitter users have the same interest, Twitter has split its suggested users into several categories, changed the mix of people and organizations on the list, and removed the batch-following function of the SUL.

This has a couple of effects: one is that being on the SUL might not automatically get you a million followers anymore. Second, because new users now have to decide whether to follow each individual account on the list, the average Twitter n00b should start off with a more personalized following list. Although you could quibble with Twitter's selection of users, the decision to move to categories instead of one big list is undoubtedly a smart one.

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