Make a List Monday: The Making of #malm
Many people will be fiddling around with Lists, the newest shiny twitter feature for the first time, today, so it seemed an apropos launch date for 'Make a List Monday' and the related twitter hashtag, #malm
There's plenty of commentary already on the how's and why's of creating them, clever use cases, and the impact list will have on Twitter, so I'll just cover the intent and context of 'Make a List Monday' and #malm.The hope is that each Monday, my followers, your followers' followers, those on my lists, and those on the lists of those on our lists, take a second to consider their inbound and outbound twitter channels, and share their unique perspectives with others in the form of a new list to suggest.Much like Follow Friday #ff, I'm hoping #malm becomes a helpful way to learn about new people, communities, channels, and topics on twitter via these lists.Also, in the case of #ff, less is more with #malm; Rather than simply posting a litany of lists you've created, there's more immediate and ultimate value in selecting one or a few, and adding the purpose and/or rationale behind the list(s) to your fellow followers.Since each twitter account is currently limited to creating 20 lists, I know the intrinsic ceiling that we'd hit if users actually strictly made and shared a new list each week. Rather than having March 15th as the apocalypse for our nascent idea, I hope it just serves as a helpful and fun reminder each Monday to share a list (and include #malm).To walk-the-walk and not just tweet-the-tweet, I just created my newest twitter list, and will be sharing it in a tweet with the #malm hashtag, post haste. Look forward to learning your feedback. Thanks in advance!
