In the Mastodon web interface, how do I post a message that has the visibility of a reply, but that isn't actually a reply?
I want to post a message that will be publicly visible, but that is shown by default only to people who follow both me and @ranjit . I can do this by replying to one of Ranjit's posts. But what if I want to start a new thread?
@llimllib only if you've set the privacy level appropriately too (https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/posting/#privacy).
Just writing a post that @-mentions someone else does not change the privacy level.
@mjd @ranjit Not possible - https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/posting/#privacy
You can limit visibility to your followers, but not to the intersection (or union) of your followers and Ranjit's followers.
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