Sarah Fackrell@cainmark Yeah, the fact that #GhostReplies exist and that not everyone knows about them is definitely a complicating issue in the fedi
Just so I don't get a million #GhostReplies: Yes, the show was called "Out of This World."
Hey, so if you're tempted to chime in here with something about the fact that Cory's post is on Medium: Yes, I know. Everyone can see that. Anyone who clicks through can see it's only available to those with (free) accounts.
Many, many people have made this point in my replies already. (If you can't see them, they may be #GhostReplies to you). So save your keystrokes.
If you want to see Cory's responses on this issue, they're here: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110848872407127751
But please leave me out of it.
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Jackie Gardina@design_law Can you explain #ghostreplies? I try to expand posts to see the entire conversation. Is it possible that I won’t see all the replies? I am still learning how the fediverse works.
It sounds like some people might need a reminder: You may not be able to see all the responses to all the posts that you see.
Just because you don't see a certain type of reply, doesn't mean it's not happening.
It might just be happening in #GhostReplies
@xAD @gedeonm Are you aware that, due to the way the fediverse works you cannot, in fact, see all the replies to every post you see. So this may be happening in #GhostReplies that you can't even see.
Stephen De GabrielleI’m not sure I understand all the implications of #ghostreplies
jordan@design_law I usually "Open original page" to see what replies are actually there. You're right that #ghostreplies are kind of annoying "feature" of how many fedi-services work.
Maybe I'm just not popular enough to get responses to anything I say, but is it really that big a problem for people, especially if they *know* that these people are probably responding in good faith and just can't see that other people have already responded? Might be annoying, but is that worth stifling conversation?
One more thought: There is at least one upside to the #GhostReplies phenomenon--namely, that I feel a lot better about ignoring incorrect/off-the-wall replies.
On Twitter, if someone said something obviously incorrect about my area of law in my mentions, I felt compelled to say something because I knew everyone else could see their misstatement and might attribute my silence (again, I'm talking about replies to me, not others' freestanding posts) as agreement.
Here, not so much.
@wcbdata Yeah, I totally hear that. I will say that, on the other side, there is at least one big benefit to #GhostReplies--namely, that I feel a lot better about ignoring a lot of them. On Twitter, if someone said something obviously incorrect about my area of law in my mentions, I felt compelled to say something because I knew everyone else could see their misstatement and might attribute my silence (again, I'm talking about replies to me, not others' freestanding posts) as agreement.