There is a lot going on in the world right now, and it may be overwhelming at times.

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@FediTips Oh I need this!
Follow-ups
Can I follow hashtags within the lists or just people?
Are lists public?
Will people get a notification when they are added to a list?

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@hpod16

You currently can't follow hashtags in lists, but it is a very very requested feature.

Lists are private, they're just timelines for your own use.

You can only add people to lists if you're following them already, so they don't get a notification about lists as they already got a notification when you first followed them.

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@FediTips
Thanks for all the follow ups! 💜

[5cifigirl@starbase80.wtf]

@FediTips

I love lists! 😎

Small comment on your article though:

You mention that we can create as many lists as we want. But I have gotten carried away, and found a limit! 😂

I have 50 lists, and if I try to add more I get this error:

“422 Validation failed: You have reached the maximum number of lists”

I am using the web interface. I don't know if this might vary by server?

[darth_hideout@mas.to]

@FediTips I don't think this works with tags. I don't follow specific accounts for subjects of interest, so I guess I'm out of luck.

[5cifigirl@starbase80.wtf]

@darth_hideout

No, it doesn't work for hashtags. But they do mention that it is a highly requested feature, so that could change! 😎

@FediTips

[darth_hideout@mas.to]

@5ciFiGirl @FediTips

I think it was the IceCubes app that had it at one point. But it was only local on each device. Would be nice if it made it into the core of #Mastodon.

[5cifigirl@starbase80.wtf]

@darth_hideout @FediTips

Theres also ... Whats it called, advanced web view? With the columns? I think you can make a column with some tags?

[darth_hideout@mas.to]

@5ciFiGirl @FediTips

You can pin tags, but it doesn't scale.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@5ciFiGirl @darth_hideout

For anyone comfortable with using Github, they can vote for following tags on lists by giving a thumbs up at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/7692

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@5ciFiGirl

Thanks! 🙏 I've updated the article to correct this.

[the_grue@digitalcourage.social]

@FediTips Sorry, but the usefulness is quite limited if the lists contain of accounts.
The same account can post cat pictures and depressing news. That's why I don't use them.