Unlisted posts:
1. Your followers see them
2. They’re public on your profile
3. Anyone can link to them
4. Others can boost them
5. They show up in lists
They do not:
* Show up in the local feed
* Show up in the federated feed
* Show up when searching hashtags
Unlisted posts seem like a great way to post without cluttering the local/federated feeds.
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The federated feed seems pretty useless because it’s a firehose, so hashtags and the local feed of smaller, more-focused instances seem more useful for discussing topics with others you don’t follow or who don’t follow you.
If an instance has a theme, it seems like posting unlisted might be a good way to make far off-topic posts or if you’re generally being noisy.
I’m just thinking “out loud.” None of this will become policy on phpc.social.
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Addendum… it turns out that unlisted posts with hashtags do not show up when following or searching for a hashtag. Oops!
See discussion starting here: https://bsd.network/@ellotheth/109398217415699336
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Ben Ramsey