Martin FowlerAug 6, 2023

+1 to @jwz 's argument that replies to posts on mastodon should be treated similarly to comments on blogs

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/08/mastodons-mastodonts/

Mastodon's Mastodon'ts

There are a few fundamentally broken things about how Mastodon posts work that are terrible vectors for abuse, as well as being bad for basic usability. Maybe they are fixable, I don't know. To be clear: I am a fan of Mastodon. I have been enjoying my time there much more than I ever enjoyed Twitter or Facebook or Instagram. And I am 100% in the "I won't touch anything Jack Dorsey has ...

Show threadJan WedelAug 7, 2023
@mfowler @jwz How would it work with re-posting / boosting replies? Sometimes there are good relies to an original post that you want to share with followers.
Show threadjwz
@stealthmusic I feel like "I am sharing a URL with my own followers" is a well-solved problem. (By every platform except Instagram or TikTok.)
Aug 7, 2023 at 8:52pmWeb
Show threadJan WedelAug 7, 2023
@jwz Hmm, never liked the URL sharing of Posts. When all clients properly support rendering a preview, it might work. Regarding boosting, I don’t know how this is implemented, but theoretically you could also boost a comment to post if the protocol lets you do this.
Show threadjwzAug 7, 2023

@stealthmusic If something as absolutely fundamental as sharing a URL to a post doesn't do anything sensible, then the software sucks and must be fixed.

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