Hello hello,
We’ve made some changes to Multilistnooks that we’d like to share with you. Also, a fun contest! Let’s get to it...
## What’s New
*New Name: Multilistnooks → Custom Feeds*
Multilistnooks have been around a [long time](
https://www.listnook.com/r/blog/comments/1iwd5i/new_create_and_share_your_own_collections_of/). They are a way for listnookors to curate communities into shareable feeds and can help newer listnookors discover more communities. However, they haven’t been widely adopted. In order to prevent confusion, we will be changing the name from Multilistnooks to “Custom Feeds.” Sometimes simple is better.
*More Support*
We’ve added more support to new Listnook and our iOS app for Custom Feeds. Now, listnookors can create a new Custom Feed, add or remove communities from them, duplicate other listnookors' feeds, and change the privacy settings. Previously, this was something you could only do from old Listnook. We’ll be adding support for Custom Feeds on Android in the near future.
[iOS Screenshot](
https://preview.redd.it/jox6inka4my21.png?width=3360&format=png&auto=webp&s=c92d7268dbcd46b35d6d2380b8316d4471dc1aac)
*New Follow Functionality*
You can now follow another listnookor’s Custom Feed (as long as it’s set to Public). This means that when you follow a feed it will appear on your list of Custom Feed subscriptions and when that listnookor adds another community to the feed, you’ll see that update the next time you open the feed. This will be super useful for communities that want to keep a running feed of related communities, or for folks that have a specific ever-evolving interest that they want to share with others.
[Follow on new Listnook](
https://preview.redd.it/a6ztwd2b4my21.png?width=3360&format=png&auto=webp&s=4576c32bf987c0dadf6a41024134387f96b45fb4)
*Improved Sharing*
We’ve made some tweaks to the URL structure of your Custom Feed so that it’s easier to share with others. No more accidentally sharing a URL with /me/ in it that won’t work for anyone else. We’ve also created a new privacy category for public custom feeds, Hidden, that can be accessed by anyone with the link but will not show up on your profile.
*Spaces*
You can now have spaces in the name of your Custom Feed. [Enough said.](
https://media.giphy.com/media/Wyt6sLEjKjaFjzybth/giphy.gif)
*Mix and Match*
Follow a mix of communities and profiles.
*Coming Soon*
In the near future communities will be able to create Custom Feeds that are owned by the community, rather than an individual. This will also support turning the Related Communities sidebar widget into a feed. We are also going to be building ways for you to see popular and trending Custom Feeds.
## The Contest
We are investing in this feature because we believe listnookors are great at finding niche communities and we want more people to discover all of the unique communities that we have. Now for the [gold](
https://media.giphy.com/media/30LbRh69K3fO/giphy.gif) part! We are holding a one-week contest for the best Custom Feeds created by listnookors. The winners will receive Coins and bragging rights.
To submit your Custom Feed, reply to the top-level sticky comment with a link to your Custom Feed and the category it best fits under. **It must be public.** Please only submit one feed per category.
Here are the categories that we will award winners from:
* Aww
* Artist Resources
* Beauty
* Books & Writing
* Cool Pictures (images only)
* Discussion (text only)
* Fashion
* Food & Cooking
* Health & Fitness
* Music
* Parenting
* Quirky
* Sports
* Travel
* Wholesome
We’ll be picking winners based on a combination of the number of followers the feed has, how many upvotes their comment entry has, and our internal voting. Winners will be announced in a follow-up post next week.
Here are some custom feeds to get you started (many of which are mine):
* [Some of my favorite communities](
https://www.listnook.com/user/singshredcode/m/singshredcodesubbies/)
* Some of my [voice and singing communities](
https://www.listnook.com/user/singshredcode/m/voices/)
* [Animal Subbies](
https://www.listnook.com/user/singshredcode/m/animal_subbies/) (If you know of any cute-animal subs I missed, please comment below)
* [Asks](
https://www.listnook.com/user/mujhair/m/asks/)
* Some [Admins’ favorites](
https://www.listnook.com/user/listnook/m/admin_faves/) that were mentioned in this [r/asklistnook thread](
https://www.listnook.com/r/AskListnook/comments/afzfa7/admins_of_listnook_whats_your_favorite_sublistnook/) a few months ago
See the sticky comment below to enter your Custom Feed.
Edit: Added a quirky category
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