Sarah

I think another thing about lists that people maybe haven’t picked up on yet is that you can make lists of people without following them.. so I guess if you want to know who’s doing what with your account you need to check the lists you’re on.. you don’t get a notification like you do with a follow that Britny_XX_Spam_48 is stalking you so that you can quickly block their ass!

I guess the rule has to be – if someone says they are DID or writing about it on their Twitter profile then it’s allowed – but if you just happen to know they also have a DID blog/are DID and you find their other online persona on Twitter, then it’s best to ask?

Another layer of “Complication 2.0″

I am building A DID-based blogroll, so I’ve been pondering this issue as well. The distinction I’m making is that, as you say, someone who openly blogs about being DID have put themselves out there. They would hopefully be password-protecting entries they did not wish others to read. But blogs have exponentially less reach than anything on Twitter.

With Twitter, as far as I can tell, you have three options. (1) Separate accounts to have both public and private Tweets, (2) Protect all of your Tweets from all but invitees, or (3) Use one account for all purposes, openly.

The difference though between Lists built on Twitter and a blogroll is literally millions of people can easily access a List with a minimal level of search, especially if one knows the right terms to search. Blog searches, in my own frustrating experience with them, are nowhere near as precise, or as easily perused.

When I get a million hits on my blog, and it’s in the top 10 on Google Search, I’ll have to rethink it a bit.

One thing I just learned is that if you don’t want to be included on someone’s list, you can opt out by blocking that person from your account. That helps if someone’s listed you in a malicious way, such as “Real Jerks”, you block them and you’re off the list. It’s still problematic if you like the person but you just want off their List.

Thanks again!

Sarah

WG

It is sad that we have to a discussion like this, but useful all the same.