Twitter to Axe Suggested User List

By Peter Ha | November 16, 2009 | +

I’ve never been one to take Twitter’s suggestions as to who to follow. I follow who I want, when I want. It appears as though their much-vaunted “suggested users” list is going the way of the dodo, says the AP out of Malaysia. Speaking at a conference in Putrajaya, Biz stone announced that the list would be “going away” and “In its stead will be something that is more programmatically chosen, something that actually delivers more relevant suggestions.” No date was given as to when the list would be going away. Stone also hinted that suggestions could be tailored to users’ interests. New features are also on the way: more translation and faster message forwarding.

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mattcorby

I wonder why did it take them too long to figure it out. My guess is that they were actually doing a paid promo stunt. As a new user living outside US why would I want to follow Scobles?
Anyway, it’s good they are moving forward.
The way I see things is that users should be able to filter the noise of the Internet.
Wadja.com is trying to do something relevant with a follow the #Label action.
Time will tell.
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