So, as long as I'm *not* explicitly following someone at #BlueSky, they won't see my #replies to #messages that show up here? Did I get that right?
So basically, as long as I refuse to do any #bridging to BlueSky in any way, these poor souls will miss whatever I toot here?
If so, that's excellent.
Not a friend of yet-antoher-billionaire owned socieal media platform. They want my content, they better move to #Mastodon
I think it is like this:
Suppose A follows X and Y, while B only follows X but not Y.
Suppose Y posts toot T, and X posts two replies to T, R1 with visibility set to "unlisted", R2 with visibility set to "public".
Then A's timeline shows T and R2 but not R1, and B's timeline shows none of these.
Hence John Mastodon's advice to boost your own replies for sharing: if X boosts R1 and R2, both show in the timelines of A and B.
OP: Hi, jam makers! I found that adding a tiny bit of ABC to the fruit adds a lovely tanginess to the jam.
Reply A: It's well known that ABC cannot be used in jam.
Reply B: Jam is not good for you.
Reply C: Not all jam uses fruit.
Reply D: Most people can't afford buying ABC.
Reply E: Dr Amadeus Jenner wrote about this back in 1844.
Reply F: Interesting! What kind of tanginess?
Reply G: Can you share the recipe?
More E, F and G please, less of the others.
[Video] #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump slams #VicePresident #KamalaHarris for not visiting #hurricane hit #NorthCarolina - while she is there.
The #FoxNews #reporter #replies: “She was there today I believe, for three hours.”
Tusky replies default to unlisted is a mess. I didn't realize this new thing was in effect for a while and wondered why my thread seemed to die.
@ignova @TonyStark Some of the people posting what-about #replies may be #bots or disingenuous #trolls.
this is what single-depth-quoters are keeping from you.
#nested-quotes-5ever #shoutouts-to-tumblr #replies-in-timelines-are-a-scourge-if-i-wanted-to-reply-in-public-id-just-quote
OFC the best option is likely to go full #FediPact and only allow #replies from federated instances and only federate based of an allow-list.
http://fedipact.online
@FediPact
My default setting for any and all replies I make is “Unlisted,” meaning (IIUC) everyone can see it but it won’t show up in feeds
I.e. a conversation between two people doesn’t need to be broadcast but someone might be interested in the output
However, I don’t see that option for posts on the Mastodon iOS client… am I missing it?
Och, und selbst bei Tweets andere User werden mir in #Tweetdeck nicht mehr die #Replies angezeigt. Weder die Anzahl (so dass man sieht "da ist was"), noch die eigentlichen Replies, wenn ich den #Tweet aufrufe. Klappt nur noch auf der originären Webseite.
@eWalthert The count on the instance where the post originated includes all faves and reposts (including those from typo.social), if I understand this correctly.
I don’t know what determines the visibility of public/unlisted #replies, though. Viewed via another instance, some are accessible below the post, some are not.
Several times a day, I turn off #Boosts and #Replies in my #HomeTimeline so I can read and interact directly with the original content of the people I #follow, esp the original content I might have missed in-between all the boosts.
I read the posts about how the only replies you see to remote posts are the ones from people who are followed by other people in your instance.
That makes sense. Those replies are already cached on your server, because replies are really just versions of posts.
I understand the reasoning, even if I think it’s problematic. On the one hand, it means you aren’t likely to see spam and troll replies. On the other, it can make the OP see a mess of redundant, unintentional “me too” replies.
But it raises some other questions I haven’t seen answered.
1. What happens if I reply (as is recommended by many) with a reply that is “limited”. That means that my reply does not appear in the public stream. So it sounds to me like it will only be seen by the OP, anyone I tag, and (is this true, or not?) by other people in the OP’s instance who open the post to see replies. It won’t be seen, even when opening the post, by other people who follow me. Correct?
2. It’s a cache. It has a TTL. Does that mean that on old posts you won’t see replies except from people on your instance? (I’m assuming *those* post-replies don’t expire.)
What do you all think about boosting replies?
I just saw a great one and realized I’m reading someone else’s conversation. Boosting would feel like it was without consent, so I didn’t.
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