Thank You for the Music on X: build this knot

Some of the best music discovery on X comes from people simply saying what they can't stop playing. This knot is a place for that: gratitude posts, song-of-the-day picks and Friday new-release chatter, without the promo accounts that spam the same tags with "stream my track" links.

The #NowPlaying and #NewMusicFriday tags are busy, so the knot leans on member feeds. Add friends whose taste you trust and the feed becomes a running playlist of recommendations. The topic feed is for the occasional dig into what everyone else is spinning.

The recipe

The feed on X

Open it in Latest for everything in time order, or Top for the posts X ranks highest. You need to be signed in to X to see results.

Topic feed

(#NowPlaying OR #NewMusic OR #NewMusicFriday OR "song of the day" OR "on repeat") -giveaway -promo -filter:replies

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Latest on XTop on X

Open in the builder and add members

Who to add as members

Friends with good taste, music writers, radio hosts and record-shop accounts that post what they are actually playing. We don't list anyone by name: pick the people you already read, so the knot reflects your corner of the topic.

Once you add members, the builder makes three more feeds: everything they post, their posts on this topic, and replies sent to them.

Tips for this knot

• Leave "promo" and "giveaway" in the filters. They remove most of the stream-farming posts.
• Try the Videos filter on Fridays to find live sessions and clips.
• A share link of this knot makes a nice gift for a friend who always asks what to listen to.

Setting up the X List

1. Open Lists from your profile menu and create a list called Music Thank-yous.
2. Keep it public if you want others to follow it, or make it private for your own reading.
3. Add members from the list editor or from each profile's menu.
4. Pin it so it shows up as a tab on Home.

More detail in how to use X Lists as a community feed.