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

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  • evan@cosocial.caE This user is from outside of this forum
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    If Alice makes a followers-only post, and Bob replies to it, to whom should Bob's reply be visible?

    #EvanPoll #poll

    evan@cosocial.caE skobkin@gts.skobk.inS silvermoon82@wandering.shopS ? kariboka@mastodon.socialK 63 Replies Last reply
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    • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

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

      #EvanPoll #poll

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      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.

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      • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

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

        #EvanPoll #poll

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        @evan We don't know visibility of Bob's reply.

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        • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

          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.

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

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          • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

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

            #EvanPoll #poll

            silvermoon82@wandering.shopS This user is from outside of this forum
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            @evan
            I would say, To: Alice, cc: both Alice's and Bob's followers, possibly cc: or bcc: a theoretical Collection of all participants in the thread who have not muted the thread by leaving the collection?

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            • skobkin@gts.skobk.inS skobkin@gts.skobk.in

              @evan We don't know visibility of Bob's reply.

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              @skobkin the question is about what that visibility should be.

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              • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

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

                #EvanPoll #poll

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                @evan Alice, Alice’s followers, and the subset of Bob’s followers that follow Alice.

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

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

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                  • silvermoon82@wandering.shopS silvermoon82@wandering.shop

                    @evan
                    I would say, To: Alice, cc: both Alice's and Bob's followers, possibly cc: or bcc: a theoretical Collection of all participants in the thread who have not muted the thread by leaving the collection?

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                    @silvermoon82 what does the conversation look like to those of Bob's followers who don't follow Alice?

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                      @evan Alice, Alice’s followers, and the subset of Bob’s followers that follow Alice.

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                      @Jeremiah isn't that third set already included in the second?

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                      • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

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

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

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                        • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

                          @Jeremiah isn't that third set already included in the second?

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                          @evan @Jeremiah yes

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                          • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

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

                            #EvanPoll #poll

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                            @evan Alices followers only. I am tired of fragmented discussions

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                            • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

                              @skobkin the question is about what that visibility should be.

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                              @evan No, I mean what visibility out of available options did Bob choose.
                              If we're talking about Mastodon, currently he'd have "followers" and "mentioned only".

                              Who'll see (and who ideally should see) depends on what he had chosen.

                              But if we're talking about a default selection (followers only), then we really have two rather different things AFAIR: who'd really see it and who should've been able to see that for it to be easily understandable by the end user. Although I think different people may have different opinions on how exactly should it work.

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                                @skobkin the question is about what that visibility should be.

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                                @skobkin

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                                • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

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

                                  #EvanPoll #poll

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                                  @evan Since the replie is followers-only, to Bob’s followers. Otherwise information that someone with a private account would expect not to be visible to anyone they didn’t approve could be easily leaked to people that they don’t know.

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                                    @Jeremiah isn't that third set already included in the second?

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                                    @evan You're right. I would change my vote, but Mastodon.

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                                    • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

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

                                      #EvanPoll #poll

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                                      @evan there's the correct answer and then there's what happens on fedi

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                                      • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

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

                                        #EvanPoll #poll

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                                        @evan people who follow both Alice and Bob

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                                        • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

                                          @skobkin

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                                          @skobkin the question is about how it should work.

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