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There's a difference between private and public lists. As far as I'm aware, adding someone to a private list does not notify them that they've been added, it just give you a filter and the chronological view of tweets from people you add to the list.

Ah, that could very well be. As I don't use lists (I just sort my feed by chronological), my only connection with lists has been when I've received notifications of being added to them

Genuine question - why do you block people who are you to lists?

I'm a relatively new Twitter user and I've been making heavy use of the list functionality. So what's the down side?

Some trolls use the functionality for harassment: "here's a list of SJWs you can tweet abuse at." https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/07/how-trolls-use-twitter-lists...

Interesting that you are so opposed to it. I like lists because it lets me follow topics without having to "follow" an individual, or just to have a subject-matter-focused feed without having to sort through the messy mishmash that is the main one.

In fact, I don't even look at the main feed. I only look at my lists.