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Introducing the TweetDeck Directory

The first question we all faced when we were new to Twitter was who to follow. For some of us it wasn’t such a hard decision as many of our friends and co-workers were already tweeting but for many figuring out who to follow isn’t so easy. And of course without interesting people to follow Twitter isn’t so useful.

At TweetDeck we want to make sure all of our users, new and old tweeps alike, have a great experience. That’s why we introduced the TweetDeck Recommends column to help you find new and interesting people to follow.  But we’re not satisfied yet, we want to do more, to give you a way to easily browse and find the best people to follow, whether you’re interested in trampolining or travel, potholing or politics. 

That’s why we’ve created the TweetDeck Directory to make it easier to find and follow your favourite subjects on Twitter.  Think of it as a TV Guide for Twitter channels.  Simply browse the directory by topic.  You’ll find everything from music to news and sports to travel.  When you find the perfect group for you simply click ‘Add to TweetDeck’ and the column will magically appear in your TweetDeck.

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Comments (73)

Sep 09, 2009
Marc Ronick said...
I recommend that you add a "fantasy sports" category to your directory since it is a huge topic on twitter.
Sep 09, 2009
David said...
You need a channel for Photography. There are tons of photographers out there.
Sep 09, 2009
ediciuz said...
How do you get listed in the directory?
Sep 09, 2009
Adambuckled said...
No baseball category? That's depressing.
Sep 09, 2009
Rian_cosmic said...
Awesome.. hmm.. can you make the mentions works for all account? not only from twitter,but from Facebook and myspace also.. it would be great i think..
Sep 09, 2009
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Sep 09, 2009
Spot said...
Video Games? MMOs?
Sep 09, 2009
Elwood P. Suggins said...
I just got my dog, Elwood Jr., a lawyer. Can he also have a Directory entry?
Sep 09, 2009
BearPhoto said...
A place for consulting of all kinds (not energy or business specific) as there are many people who don't know how to go green at home or in other places that don't have the resources that a business or company does.
Sep 09, 2009
tri5tan said...
Need a section for www.chewingbrokenglass.com and photography
Sep 09, 2009
BearPhoto said...
Going 'Green' is basically a way of thinking; a perspective that is very different from our consumer and consumption society we live in today.
How has your thinking changed?
Sep 09, 2009
General Tekno said...
You guys gonna make a webcartoonists directory? For that matter, how does one submit themselves for directory categories?

And you should make a "spambot" directory just for kicks.

Sep 09, 2009
BearPhoto said...
Lets start a database of changes anyone and everyone can make in our life that other people can use!!!
Sep 09, 2009
Finally a little competition to @wefollow ... though i realize they aren't exactly the same thing.
Sep 09, 2009
BearPhoto said...
Ask someone to reuse or recycle something today!
Take the stairs!
Sep 09, 2009
FadedandBlurred said...
I also think you should add Photography as a category
Sep 09, 2009
FARASHATi said...
You should include Modesty clothing too in your fashion section :) There are loads of fashion tweets in this niche. Check out modbod or cablecarcouture . There is even a magazine that caters to this niche....see elizamagazine in twitter.

And of course there is us :) Farashati .....How do I get myself in this directory?

Sep 09, 2009
BearPhoto said...
Print on both sides to the paper!
Ask your wife, daughter, son, brother, father or mother to do the same.
Sep 09, 2009
BearPhoto said...
When you change your thinking it is easy to change your behavior IF you believe! Do you believe?
Sep 09, 2009
danjscott said...
Import a couple groups and the All Friends column becomes useless. Where's the ability to exclude users in groups from All Friends?
Sep 09, 2009
MrBusinessGolf said...
How do you find out what Category you are listed in for this directory?
Sep 09, 2009
cindirenee said...
Please add a photography channel
Sep 09, 2009
MiracleMan said...
I'm just seeing a screen with some text on the left side and the right side is just a grey background. Am I missing something?
Sep 09, 2009
geepeekay said...
How does one go about adding themselves to a category?
Sep 09, 2009
otaviofff said...
How about making use of find2follow API to suggest new people to follow on Twitter? http://find2follow.swatlabs.net/meta/api
Sep 09, 2009
Nyx said...
I see a lot which is not there that I know have followers - how about a Diabetic or Diabetes channel, one for Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), more over a Health list period that these are listed under? You have a lifestyle, but you have nothing listed for LGTB or related areas and I know there are many followers for these (hell just look at some of the other twitter sites out there for category ideas).
Sep 09, 2009
Julia Ault said...
I do think an education section would be useful too.
Sep 09, 2009
 said...
definately need photography and infos on how to add yourself ...which is why @wefollow is so successful
Sep 09, 2009
Joe Dawson said...
Nice approach, this definitely has potential
Sep 09, 2009
mike said...
how can I add myself to the directory?
Sep 09, 2009
I don't think you can add yourself to the directory. TweetDeck seems to be running the show, which I'm fine with. Don't have to filter through as much stuff.
Sep 10, 2009
Denise Wakeman said...
I love the new TweetDeck directory. Makes it so much easier to find relevant people and content. Thx for all you do!
Sep 10, 2009
leonard waks said...
We need an education column
Sep 10, 2009
skizzy203 said...
It would be nice to have information on getting listed in the new TweetDeck Directory. Nice page! Add #Photography
Sep 11, 2009
Eneraldo Carneiro said...
Do you have any plans to make a Windows Mobile version?
Sep 12, 2009
kayellr said...
More categories please - Science, Gardening, Agriculture
Sep 13, 2009
Chris said...
The directory is a great idea! One category that could be added is religion or spiritual. Adding #adailyproverb would be awesome too but I am a very small fish in a big pond. :)
Sep 21, 2009
Yesenia said...
If you cannot add yourself to this directory, what is the criteria that TweetDeck is using to add a company/personal profile in a specific category?
Sep 21, 2009
Yesenia said...
I forgot to ask, how can you search or verify if your company/profile is already listed within any category?
Sep 21, 2009
gdfranks said...
uh, I just went to the directory, no topics listed below like the page said would be...
Sep 21, 2009
gdfranks said...
Okay, I found it upon an additional try. Is there anyway to just have tweets from the group in the group window instead of out in my main feed? I'd like to have friends' tweets separate and then just go to my football group when I decide to catch up.
Sep 21, 2009
elizabeth said...
Health, fitness, science, medicine, etc would all be great (and necessary) topics to add.
Sep 21, 2009
Kat said...
I'd love to see categories for gardening and landscaping.
Sep 21, 2009
Francisco said...
Why don't you make Philosophy directory, that would be nice...saludos.
Sep 21, 2009
Christine said...
How does one get added to the Tweetdeck Directory?
Sep 21, 2009
gdfranks said...
and there's a Chicago Fire soccer team twitter in the American Football group! plink! think i'm gonna go to wefollow instead like someone else said, too many kinks here, and no response to the questions / comments i've placed here...
Sep 22, 2009
mattimago said...
There's no artist/design category? If you are creating one, how do you get added to it?
Sep 22, 2009
annfengshui said...
I'd like to be added in the home design category when there is one. Thanks!
Sep 22, 2009
Shonali Burke said...
It would really be great if you'd add a Public Relations category (& folks like me to it :)). Biz/Mktg's fine, but I have no interest in a lot of those people.
Sep 22, 2009
John Canivan said...
How about a How To section of the directory ... or renewable energy
Sep 22, 2009
Victor Samra said...
Would love to see an "Art" and/or a "Museums" category added to the list. Naturally, since I work at one. ;)
Sep 23, 2009
davedufour said...
I can't seem to "follow" using the buttons on TweetDeck. Anyone else having this problem?
Sep 23, 2009
Chris said...
I am running multiple accounts and new 0.30 which just updated yesterday, system incorrectly uploades picture to the wrong account, with previous version just needed to click on the account you were updating and the system placed the image into Twitpic account correctly.
Sep 23, 2009
Fabio Seixas said...
I liked the Directory but didn´t like the fact that Tweetdeck automaticaly follow every one on the list (or the ones I keed checked) for me. It was not clear that tweetdeck would do that. Now I have many people that I don´t even want to follow in my timeline. And I now have to unfollow one by one! This feature would be much better if it was just a column, maybe a search column or a server setting in tweetdeck servers. At least offer some way to undo the action or unfollow every on on the created column.
Sep 23, 2009
KimDay71 said...
Please add a photography channel. There are a ton of amazing photographers on Twitter. Info on how to get added to the directory would be nice as well.
Sep 26, 2009
 said...
The new update is a welcome improvement to the already powerful tweetdeck. If there's one thing i'd like to see, it would be nothing more than the ability to schedule tweets by hour or by day or even weeks. There have been a few scheduling tools that i have tried but have all fall short of my expectations. I bet Tweetdeck will impress me with it's awesome developers.

Kind regards.
zedlav23

Sep 29, 2009
paintprincess said...
Looking for a Home & Garden section - plus Interior Design!
Sep 30, 2009
N-Designs said...
cool.. but seems i cant add column
Oct 02, 2009
Where is the section about gay people on the directory? I like the idea of the directory but that's the only section I'll be interested to follow for real. Hope you guys can add it soon.
Great job with Tweet Deck, I just love it!
Thanks!
Oct 02, 2009
Jose said...
Great idea!
I did find myself lookin for a non-existent visual artists directory... such as painters, graphics designers, and such.
Looking good!
Oct 05, 2009
Hooooow about ...
A regional blog directory, there are a stack of bloggers that while writing for a world audience are covering local exploits.. or at least local to where the are.
Oct 05, 2009
Walkandtravel said...
Great idea - how do you choose who goes in the directory? And may I suggest a field for 'Outdoors' and 'Walking/Hiking' - Enjoying Tweetdeck - just got it!
Oct 07, 2009
Gregory Dennis said...
Add Health and Health Business (or Health Industry) categories to Directory/
Oct 10, 2009
Mark Cupitt said...
How about adding a Group for Aviation, lots of Tweeters out there in the aviation world.
Oct 12, 2009
Farrukh Saeed said...
i wanted to know that if this is also ready to be added to WP blogs, i mean through plugins or something ?
Oct 13, 2009
Amir said...
good concept. curious how tweetdeck chooses who to list in the directory topics? Do you have any info to share on this?
Thanks
Oct 21, 2009
Helena said...
how do you add folks to the list?
Oct 21, 2009
John Canivan said...

Just find a poster that you like and hit follow. If they like your post they may decide to follow you. keep up with the posting or you will loose followers. I am not a good tweeter but I hope to get better at it.
keep on trucking. let me know how you do.
John
Oct 27, 2009
Rob Sylvan said...
Good idea but missing a Photography topic!
Oct 28, 2009
mattscutt said...
There's no art/design category? Or photography? Or musicians? I'd like to be added to all three! @mattscutt
Nov 17, 2009
Paul Patterson said...
I agree with Mattscutt and Rob Sylvan- Need "Art and Photography", or just "Photography" group.
Nov 17, 2009
deannerussell said...
How do you get into the Tweetdirectory and can you add Hospitals as a catagory? I am a recruiter for @stjosephs and we post our jobs @stjosephsjobs. Thank you.
Nov 17, 2009
WholeMusic said...
TweetDeck Directory is a wonderful idea! However, it really needs the category "Education." As you might guess, I'd like to be listed there as @WholeMusic. Thanks!

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