Organize Your Twitter Feeds by Creating Lists

One very useful feature in Twitter that seems to be left behind is its ability to create Lists. Lists allow you to organize your Twitter feed in order for you to see tweets coming from people with specific interests and expertise, or whatever reason you might want to categorize into a group.

Twitter Lists are useful because they let you view tweets from a select group of users. It's almost like alternative Twitter logins, where you are following a unique set of people. For example, you can create a list of your real-life friends so that when you want to socialize with these group of people via Twitter, you can avoid the hassle of scanning through other non-friend tweets in your main Twitter feed.

Here are two important things you need to know about Twitter Lists:

1.     You don't have to be following a user in order to add him or her to a list.

2.     Tweets from your lists do not show up in your main or primary feed.

If you're interested on some Twitter accounts and would like to read them from time to time, but not to the point where you want to see every single tweet they make on your primary feed, you can bundle them into a list and then you can visit that list anytime you find it convenient to check out their tweets. Yeah, I know, that's really cool. Check out below some examples of Twitter Lists that you might find applicable to you:

News sources	This is a common kind of list that you can create for those group of Twitter accounts who make it a habit to tweet news. You can create Lists with local news, global news, or you can even be more specific, such as technology or science.
Friends and family	Show them how much you really care by creating a group just for them so that their tweets will not get lost in your Twitter feed.
Colleagues or co-workers	Always be in the inner circle when it comes to the latest buzz and happenings in your workplace by creating a central place to check it all.
Competitors	This is ideal for those in the business industry -- add accounts in your private list to easily check on the latest tweets and secretly find out some sneak peek or "behind-the-scenes" of your competitor(s).
Topics of interest	Depending on your interests and hobbies, you may also follow bloggers, sports teams, authors, artists, or other people who tweet about a particular interest to you. You may also consider making a list for funny tweets or a private list of #NSFW (not safe for work) tweeters.

And finally, here's how you can create your own Twitter List:

First, sign in to your Twitter account. By the way, these steps are basically the same whether you'll be logging in via Web browser or mobile app to use Twitter. Once you're signed in, click the gear icon in the upper right section then select Lists. On the page that opens, click the Create new list button located on the right. A pop-up box will appear asking you to name the list, provide a description, then mark it either Public or Private. Fill out these fields then hit theSave list button to proceed.

On the next page is a clean blank list -- no members, no followers, no tweets, nothing. Now, use the search box featured front and center to look for people that you would like to add on your list. By the way, you can always add or remove members on a particular list as you use Twitter.

As you use Twitter and discover new or other Twitter accounts that you would like to add to your list, simply click the gear icon that appears on any user, and then select Add or remove from lists. It would be better to look through the list of people you are currently following to see if you want to group any of them into a list. You can also search for a hashtag and then add the resulting users who pop up to make a list. Another way is to look at other users' accounts to see who they follow or who follows them, and then find more people that you can add to your lists.

Organizing your Twitter feeds is so much easier with the help of the Lists feature. Don't tire yourself with cluttered tweets -- organize your Twitter feeds and you'll definitely thank yourself later on.

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