diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/dal/FilterByListParams.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/dal/FilterByListParams.kt
index e5e64d1fc..f28fda7e1 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/dal/FilterByListParams.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/dal/FilterByListParams.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.AROUND_ME
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.Account
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.GLOBAL_FOLLOWS
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.encoders.ATag
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.events.CommentEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.events.Event
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.events.EventInterface
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.events.LiveActivitiesEvent
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@ class FilterByListParams(
                 noteEvent.isTaggedHashes(followLists.hashtags) ||
                 noteEvent.isTaggedGeoHashes(followLists.geotags) ||
                 noteEvent.isTaggedAddressableNotes(followLists.addresses)
+        } else if (noteEvent is CommentEvent) {
+            // ignore follows and checks only the root scope
+            noteEvent.isTaggedHashes(followLists.hashtags) ||
+                noteEvent.isTaggedGeoHashes(followLists.geotags) ||
+                noteEvent.isTaggedAddressableNotes(followLists.addresses)
         } else {
             noteEvent.pubKey in followLists.authors ||
                 noteEvent.isTaggedHashes(followLists.hashtags) ||
diff --git a/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/events/ContactListEvent.kt b/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/events/ContactListEvent.kt
index cad29aeda..7e5a8db89 100644
--- a/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/events/ContactListEvent.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/events/ContactListEvent.kt
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ class ContactListEvent(
 
     fun unverifiedFollowGeohashSet() = tags.filter { it.size > 1 && it[0] == "g" }.mapNotNull { it.getOrNull(1) }
 
-    fun unverifiedFollowAddressSet() = tags.filter { it.size > 1 && it[0] == "a" }.mapNotNull { it.getOrNull(1) }
-
     fun follows() =
         tags.mapNotNull {
             try {