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# Subscription Lists

By default anyone on Bluesky can read your feed. But you might want to cultivate a community with a little privacy. With **Subscriber Lists**, you can! There are two kinds:

- A **Membership** list: only the people on it can read your feed.
- A **Blocklist**: the people on it can't read your feed.

This guide walks you through creating a list and attaching it to one of your feeds.

## 1. Create the list

1. Click **Subscriber Lists** in the sidebar.
2. Press **Create a new list** (or the **+** at the top right of the table).
3. Choose the **List Type**: **Membership** or **Blocklist**.
4. Give the list a **Display Name**.

## 2. Add some users

Under **Included Users**, press **+**, type a Bluesky handle in **Username**, and confirm. Repeat for everyone you want on the list, then press **Create**.

You can come back at any time: click a list on the Subscriber Lists page to add or remove people. The table shows each list's type, how many feeds use it and how many users are on it.

## 3. Add the list to a feed

1. Open the feed's page and click **Feed Settings** (the gear).
2. Under **Access Control**, find **Subscriber Lists** and press **+** ("Add a subscriber list").
3. Pick your list.

Membership lists show in green, blocklists in red. Press the **×** on a list to take it off the feed.

A list can be used on more than one feed. While it's attached to a feed you can't delete it; remove it from the feed first.

## What readers see

When a feed has a **Membership** list, anyone who isn't on it, including people who aren't signed in, sees your **Members Only Post** instead of the feed. Set this under **Access Control** in Feed Settings: press the pencil next to **Members Only Post** and add one or more posts, for example one explaining how to join. If you don't set one, they won't see any posts.

When a feed has a **Blocklist**, people on it see your **Banned Post** instead of the feed. Set it the same way, next to **Banned Post**. If you don't set one, Graze shows a default post.

> Subscriber Lists, Members Only Post and Banned Post are only available to the feed's owner, not to collaborators.

## Patreon

If you run a Patreon, the **Patreon** section under Access Control lets you press **Link Patreon**, then add capabilities for **Anonymous User**, **Authenticated User** or **Patreon Member** (by tier). For example, you can stop people who aren't patrons from seeing the feed's posts, or turn off sponsored posts for your patrons.

## All done!

That's all you have to do. Your feed now only shows to the people you've chosen.