FediTips has moved!Apr 17, 2023

Hey there followers!

Just to let you know, I usually reply to questions on this account as private messages because I don't want to spam my followers' timelines with lots of replies.

Unfortunately, even Unlisted posts seem to appear in the Home timelines of followers, so I use Mentioned visibility instead (which is basically a DM).

Please don't think I'm being weird if I reply to you privately!

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p.s. To be honest I am still having trouble nailing down how Unlisted is supposed to work. It isn't documented fully.

Unlisted is public but not visible in Federated or Local or Search.

BUT... what about Home?

I assumed it would never show up in Home unless it was boosted, but I've seen unboosted Unlisted replies to conversations I wasn't taking part in.

If someone can point to proper full documentation for Unlisted including its behaviour in Home timelines, that would be fantastic.

Apr 17, 2023 at 7:31pmWeb
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p.p.s. Okay, thank you to everyone who replied about this. Just did a few more tests and Unlisted seems to work like this in Home:

Unlisted posts and replies from people you follow will appear in your Home timeline unless they are a reply to someone you don't follow.

...so... yeah... this is not the most intuitive setup, but seems to be how Unlisted works on Home!

Show threadlarsApr 17, 2023

@feditips Ok, that would be exactly how I would have expected it to work. However, I feel like I sometimes see replies to people I don't follow and which haven't been boosted either.

I'll have to take a closer look, I guess.

Show threadEli the BeardedApr 17, 2023

@feditips While on this subject, I recently learned that someone can start a thread with followers-only visibility and then I can see replies if someone I follow replies to the thread and then that person is replied to by someone else I follow.

(post, followers only, from someone I don't follow): invisible to me

(first reply, from someone I do follow): initially hidden from me

(reply to the reply, from someone else I follow): visible in my Home feed, clicking on it gives me above

Show threadDavid GiffinApr 17, 2023
@feditips just too complex for most people
Show threadElliot VosApr 17, 2023
@feditips exactly like public posts for followers on the timeline.
Show threadExperiencer (Mastodon)Apr 17, 2023
@feditips I thought it only appeared in timelines if you were following said person tbh
Show threadSplatoon Unofficial  🍉Apr 17, 2023
@experiencersinternational @feditips test
Show threadExperiencer (Mastodon)Apr 17, 2023
@splatoon @feditips
Show thread红烧乳鸽（LTS）Apr 17, 2023
@feditips Conversations between people you follow will show up on your Home, unless they were using DM.
Show threadRené Apr 17, 2023

@feditips I think all posts from people you follow show up on Home.

I always see Unlisted and even posts in a language I have filtered out if it was posted by someone I follow.

Show threadTodd Vierling Apr 17, 2023

@feditips Unlisted is supposed to change behavior in these specific ways:

* Will not show up in local/federated timelines
* Will not show up in hashtag searches

It does not alter the behavior of posts on Home otherwise. So if you follow a person, their Unlisted posts will still show up.

I don't know where official documentation of this behavior is, however.

Show threadaboutgrauApr 18, 2023
@ToddVierling @feditips thanks for that explanation. i‘m struggling and wondering about this feature for quite a while
Show threadFerles  Apr 17, 2023
@feditips Hmm I had thought it was visible in all of those except search and federated.