Mastodawn

If Alice makes a followers-only post, and Bob replies to it, to whom should Bob's reply be visible?

72.4%

4.4%

18.8%

4.4%

Poll ended at Feb 8 at 2:35pm.

I'm not speaking about any particular two people but if you need it please consider @alice_watson and @bobwyman as the characters in this story.

@evan can the reply be marked followers only from Bob's side?

@maj yes, that's the default for Mastodon, I think. It is only visible to Bob's followers.

@evan I'm going to need a diagram! This is like set theory.

@maj does this help?

@evan @maj That’s what the state is today, but you asked what the visibility *should be*.

It seems that replies to a followers-only post *should be* visible to anybody who can see the original post.