Ask HN: Mute all Twitter follows?

[giltleaf]

I'm not a big fan of lists and I don't want to unfollow users that I'd occasionally check up on, so is there something out there that I could set and forget that would mute everyone on Twitter that I follow but would allow me to unmute those accounts I'd still like in my feed?

[GFK_of_xmaspast]

Make a new account that only follows certain other accounts?

[giltleaf]

Good idea, but unfortunately I have several thousand followers that I don't want to go through the trouble of amassing again.