Taylor LorenzPeople who are talking as if reblogging is what leads to harassment need to understand that abuse happens *far more* often in replies. Does that mean u shoudjnt be able to reply to people? No, it means we need controls! As far as I’m aware there’s no way to limit replies on Mastodon or filter them. Would love for more controls like that to be added. Threading on replies wouod help a lot too imo.
It’s also worth noting that a huge problem on Twitter was the way the feed algorithm optimized for attention and outrage. Mastodon doesn’t have that, so it’s impossible to replicate a similar dynamic on here because of the way this platform is currently structured (which I think is a very good thing!)
Magical Cat@taylorlorenz
Regarding "go viral" vs "do not want replies", until more detail controls available, this switch can be used:
By selecting "followers only" or "mentioned people only" post visiblity, audience can be narrowed very much. The "Unlisted" is like "Show this post only on my server, hide it from guest feed & public Explore view".
Regarding "go viral" vs "do not want replies", until more detail controls available, this switch can be used:
By selecting "followers only" or "mentioned people only" post visiblity, audience can be narrowed very much. The "Unlisted" is like "Show this post only on my server, hide it from guest feed & public Explore view".
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕@koteisaev FYI, that's an inaccurate description of "unlisted".
An Unlisted toot:
- Will appear in your follower's feeds.
- If boosted by any of your followers, will appear in their follower's feeds.
- Will appear to anyone who directly navigates to the thread.
- Will appear to anyone who directly navigates to your own profile page (presuming they scroll far enough).
An unlisted toot will NOT appear:
- On your instance's public feed, or the "Federated" feed of any other instance (assuming those instances follow protocol).
- In any hashtag search for a #hashtag included in the toot. (You can test that with this, unlisted, toot.)