Twitter lists are possibly one of the most underrated tools of Twitter, from organising who you follow to finding out what your competitors are posting, it is essential.
Amongst the hundreds of tweets you potentially view per day, it’s easy to scroll past tweets that interest you, or that are important. Twitter lists make missing important tweets a thing of the past. You can create your own, subscribe or be added to peoples lists. Lists allow you organise your followers (or even people you don’t follow) into categories which stream tweets from all of the people in the list in one place.
Twitter lists can either be public or private. Public lists are visible to anyone browsing your profile and people may be notified by Twitter as you add them to a public list. Private lists for example, are a perfect way to gather all of your competitors twitter feeds in one place keeping you aware of their deals, products, ideas etc without the need to follow them directly....
This is an odd move by Twitter. I don't think it will help attract new users but rather confuse its loyal user base. It isn't just a news app although it's very good at that. In many respects, this move is guaranteed to push away the younger demographic.