If people are going to take something as lame as not being on somebody’s “fave list” on twitter, than that individual is doomed to a life of self loathing and misery. To them I say “grow up, pussy.”
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I researched and wrote about that list each month, and got all the mail from the “snubbed” and those who had something to say even though the matter had nothing to do with them (fans). Here is what I said to such plaintiffs:

“Pride is concern for what you think of yourself. Vanity is concern for what others think of you.”

They went away quietly, bemused by my koan as I intended.

Lists will be used skillfully and unskillfully. “Skillfulness,” in Buddhism, is the metric by which one measures how far and in which direction a thought, intention, or action moves you relative to true happiness. The full, terrible truth of Karma is this:

From every single phenomenon arise *multiple* effects of *both* Yin and Yang (good and bad, skillful and unskillful, helpful to some and hurtful to others, etc.). You cannot do a purely good thing, ever. Nor is any evil perfectly evil; Hitler did make the trains run on time.

So there is absolutely no point in debating whether Twitter lists are going to be good or bad. Just do it, and let the Karmic Chaos flow as it always will.

Your first statement is simply not true. That list was very popular and generated a lot of positive buzz for the folks on the list. I got countless DM’s thanking me for the list.

As to your 2nd statement…I actually value myself and my abilities..sorry if that rubs you the wrong way….although I did make a joke about adding myself to the list.

Back on topic:
I think this is a great idea by twitter but will get overused after about a week lol.

In other words:

1) If I were to set up a list
2) That list gained 1,000 followers
3) I then removed someone from the list

… would that person immediately lose 1,000 followers?

Not being on a list is bad enough but I can only imagine the irritation caused as people are removed.
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So all in all not a bad feature, but I’d much prefer them to work on some decent analytics functionality instead.
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Honestly, I’m not on Twitter to be on a list. My clients are not other SEOs or marketers. Unfortunately, in a crowd where too amny people want to be seen as gurus and ninjas (put that one on your CV!) there will be some tears.
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