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Listomania: How you can make lists work for you.
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You’ve been on Spoutible for months, you’ve curated your timeline to include accounts that speak to your varied interests. You follow news people, silly people, thoughtful people, craft people, joke people, gardening people.

Because you like all those things.
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You’ve followed accounts that are popular, because you like to know what’s going on. You follow smaller accounts that make you happy. You don’t hate-follow, how silly.
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Sometimes you want to see all of Spoutible, that’s why you hang out on Explore. Sometimes, you want to see the people you’ve chosen to follow, that’s why you hang out on your Timeline.

But sometimes, it’s all just too much.
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Scenario 1: It’s election day in the USA. You want to know what’s going on, you want to be informed. But something’s getting in the way. There’s a word game going on. It feels like everyone is talking about it, and all you want is some darn news, and people talking about that news.
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It’s not that you don’t like the people messing with the cloud, just not today.

Solution: Make a list of people you follow who are talking about the election, and scroll that.
09:17 AM - Nov 10, 2023 (Edited)
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Scenario 2: You’ve had a terrible day. Just awful. The world seems like a grim place and you don’t see it getting better.

You don’t want to read about climate change today. You don’t want to hear about that awful man. You’ll fight for democracy tomorrow.
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Today, you want happy things only, a Timeline Cleanse.

Solution: Make a list of people you follow who are posting recipes, Lego, award winning roses, the daily picture theme, and playlists and scroll that.
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Scenario 3: You follow a lot of people, and you followed them all for a reason. But some users are much more active than others. Your whole timeline seems to be made up of people who were on that list of the 30 busiest accounts, and you’re missing posts from some of your quieter friends.
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Solution: Go look at who you follow and figure out whose posts you’re missing out on, put them on a list and scroll that.

Your friends will appreciate it.
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Scenario 4: Every time you log into Spoutible, you go check out the profiles of 5 accounts. These people really matter to you.

You want to make sure that you see everything they’ve posted. Searching for each account is annoying. It’s not hard, it’s just a little time consuming.
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Solution: Make a list of the people you always check in on, and scroll that.
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A list is the anti-Mute.

It’s a way to make sure that you’re seeing everything you want to see, when you want to see it.

It's a solution to the common gripe "There's too much XYZ on my feed".

Something, something, you are the algorithm.

-Fin-
09:19 AM - Nov 10, 2023
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Travel Buff
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In response to dani.
I've created a list. Called it High Interest. How do I find it's contents? Where is that list located? I see the name in the "create list" screen but it is not 'live',
12:42 PM - Nov 25, 2023
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dani
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In response to Travel Buff.
On your timeline, under the word cloud there’s a box that says Default Timeline. If you select that, you’ll see your lists and just select the one you want to view.
12:44 PM - Nov 25, 2023
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Susan Sampson
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Fantastic info! Thank you!!!😊
01:33 PM - Nov 12, 2023
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Fiona Bski
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In response to dani.
Thank you so much for explaining lists. I never used them on twitter because I wasn't sure why I would want a list....a list of who....a list for what 🤷‍♀️
You made it make sense. Do users know they are on a lists? I remember people complaining on twitter about being on lists but didn't know why.
11:54 AM - Nov 11, 2023
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Fiona Bski
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In response to Fiona Bski.
seems like being picked to be on a list is a compliment because someone is interested to hear/see what you have to say
maybe they didn't understand lists either
11:56 AM - Nov 11, 2023
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Deb Prothero
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In response to dani.
Thanks Dani. This all makes more sense now. I couldn't quite figure out how to make it work for me. Now I'll give it a try.
05:49 PM - Nov 10, 2023
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dani
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In response to Deb Prothero.
I’m glad 💛
05:53 PM - Nov 10, 2023
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Susan Andrew
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In response to dani.
“You are the algorithm.” Excellent explanation.
03:23 PM - Nov 10, 2023
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Alyce Miller
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In response to dani.
I feel dumb asking, but how do you actually create a list? Steps? Thanks!
12:40 PM - Nov 10, 2023
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dani
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In response to Alyce Miller.
Don't feel dumb, give this a try.
12:42 PM - Nov 10, 2023
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Jay Carpenter🎸🎶
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In response to dani.
Morning Dani,
You did a wonderful job with this thread, it will help many!!
From me to my adopted little sister you are the best you are on my need to see daily list for a reason.
Hugs💙💙
12:28 PM - Nov 10, 2023
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dani
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In response to Jay Carpenter🎸🎶.
Awwwww. big old hug 😗
12:31 PM - Nov 10, 2023
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Nancy Cat Lover (She/her)
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In response to dani.
Yep, creating curated lists of accounts that you follow is 👍️! As you said, it screens out extraneous posts that you're not interested in seeing. I did something similar on Twitter; it's refreshing to no longer find any bots or trolls when I'm scrolling through my favorite accounts.
12:24 PM - Nov 10, 2023
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KevinC
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-Magnifique!-
12:22 PM - Nov 10, 2023
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Karen Dykstra
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Morning is nearly over so its time for my default timeline. Default😊
09:27 AM - Nov 10, 2023
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