Twitterlist Backlash – Why Don’t You Want To Be On A List?

There has been a very small but vocal backlash against one aspect of Twitter Lists: What if I don’t want to be on your list? What can I do about it? I have seen a few tweets propose that question. The only solution I have seen so far is to block the person who has put you on their list. Others have said they don’t want to block people, they just want to refuse to be listed by them.

I’m not exactly sure why people are objecting to being on certain lists. If someone wants to put me on their Twitter list of “Fugliest People on Twitter” or “Tweeters Who Pick Their Nose In Public” then I might object, I certainly belong on those lists, but I still might object to being on them. Point is that Mashable and many others (myself included) have been generating lists like my Twitter Professors blog post or my charities that tweet post and so far I’ve never seen anyone object to being on those lists. As a matter of fact they are usually pleasantly surprised to be on them.

My question for the community is: What kind of lists don’t you want to be on an why? Please leave a comment with your answer. I’ll do a follow up post analyzing the results if I get enough responses.