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Cameron MacLeod Sep 7, 2023

This is an important thing to understand on Mastodon: you don't see all the replies to a post.

It's possible for evil people to propagate terrible hatred that only shows up for the person being attacked, but isn't visible to you.

See explanation from @mekkaokereke here: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/111012743709881062

When Black users tell you there's racism, it doesn't matter that you didn't see it happen.

#Mastodon #MastoTips #Fediverse #Racism #Sexism #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #Hatred #Safety #Allyship

mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)

@zachnfine@mastodon.social @JamesWidman@mastodon.social @Sablebadger@dice.camp @staidwinnow@mastodon.social @Jorsh@beige.party From your screenshot above, and the scenario I listed below, imagine if: 1) the racist user is on "Nazis dot social." They have 5000 followers. 2) the Black user is on "Good people dot social" 3) the nazi replies "Followers only." The scenario: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/111010421955145872 None of the good people would see the gore images, or the subsequent pile-on.

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Cameron MacLeod Sep 7, 2023

2/ This is a feature that needs improving, I think.

Three ideas come to mind (cc @Gargron )

1. Mark every post with global # of replies to remind everyone they're seeing a subset (I don't think this is a big help though)

2. Allow users to disengage from threads, exit a conversation they don't consent to, not just block users/instances. Not sure how this would work tho.

3. Make "followers only" and tagging a non-follower mutually-exclusive.

Hmmm.

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@c_9

Agreed. Perhaps also a "This thread contains replies from users you've blocked/muted" notification? Or a more general "There are replies you aren't seeing" notice, possibly clickable for details.

And I think, for this and several other reasons, when I view a post, my instance should go fetch *all* the replies to it. And, hopefully, get a notice when replies exist that my instance can't see because they're from a defederated instance.