# An almost hidden setting on Mastodon Lists brought joy to my feed again 2024-10-10 **Tired of your Mastodon timeline being overrun with noise from big accounts? I'm using a simple trick to reclaim my feed and focus on the conversations that matter most.** When I started using #Mastodon, all the conversation going on made me feel like I was going back to the old days on #Twitter. I found it so enjoyable that it eventually [became my primary social media platform](https://mastodon.social/@vladcampos), and it remains so to this day. However, at some point, all those remarkable conversations disappeared. It took me a while to understand what was happening, but I eventually figured it out. As news and tech groups started joining Mastodon and other #ActivityPub platforms, I naturally began following the ones I cared about. But because they post so often, regular people’s thoughts and conversations are constantly drowned out. I tried so many strategies, for example, unfollowing some news and tech accounts, but that didn’t make the others more prominent. As usual, the solution was right in front of me all the time. Using the Lists feature on its own wouldn’t work, but there is a configuration I missed all this time. There’s a way to hide from the timeline everything that is in a list. The solution I came up with was creating the **News** and **Tech** lists, adding the respective accounts to each one, and setting both to 'Hide the posts there from home', aka the main feed. I’m loving this. The conversations are back to my feed, and I can always go to a list to check the sea of posts there. If you would like to try it, here’s how you do it: First, you have to add the accounts to a list. This will take time, but it will be worth it. Go to a profile, click the tree dots, and select ‘Add or Remove from Lists’. ![[vladcampos.com/_files/2024-10-10-mastodon-add-remove-from-list.png|300]] Don’t worry if you don’t have any lists, you can use the ‘Add’ button to create them on the fly. If you already have a list, just use the add button. ![[vladcampos.com/_files/2024-10-10-mastodon-lists.png|300]] Repeat the above for all the accounts, and stay with me. There’s a last step. Click the Lists icon on the sidebar. This is how you’ll be able to read all the posts from each list, but for now, they are still showing up on your main timeline. Open one of the Lists and click on the gear. Switch on the ‘Hide this post from home’ option, and there you have it. ![[vladcampos.com/_files/2024-10-10-mastodon-hide-posts.png|400]] The old posts will still be on your home, but from this point on, the new publications will only be shown inside each list. I love this. It’s a simple and elegant solution that provides me with the best of both worlds. Great conversations and thoughts are back on my main feed, and when I want to check the news, it’s just a matter of going to one of my Lists. ![[vladcampos.com/_embedded/After Post|After Post]]