#Fediverse
11 POSTs on Fediverse ( 2025-10-10 19:46:15 - 2025-10-11 05:00:03 )
https://mnmm.top/EGq
I understand the above proposal is vesting enormous authority in the original poster, and can be abused. For example, someone can post something controversial or abhorrent, and then delete all responses challenging that viewpoint. But then the responder has the option to write a new post and link to the abhorrent post.
But at least there will be lot more clarity, compared to the present situation. I think it will also make future development easier.
I believe Mike Macgirvin’s ActivityPub-based #Forte behaves in the fashion I have described above. So it may be worth checking out.
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I think this will also eliminate the need to tag the users one is responding to, for them to receive notifications. That will save many characters which can be used for actual post content.
(The need to tag in Mastodon-like platforms is a headache. If there are too many people participating in a conversation, then a whole lot of characters are lost in tags. In addition, one also has to think of hashtags. So very few characters are left for the actual post.)
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In other words, a new post should be treated somewhat like a blog, and every response and response-to-a-response should be treated somewhat like comments under a blog.
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So... say, user UA on instance A writes a new post. User UB on instance B replies. User UC on instance C replies to UB’s post. User UD replies to UC’s post. UD’s post should reach instances C and B though A (D -> A -> C and D -> A -> B). Same with all other replies.
This may also give the OP the authority to delete any subsequent post in that thread.
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In addition, all of the subsequent posts, even posts that do not tag the OP, should be routed through the original poster’s instance.
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So if the OP posts a follower-only post, all subsequent posts should be restricted to the followers of the OP, not the followers of the respondent.
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Not only should every subsequent post in the thread inherit the original privacy level, but it should also inherit the “privacy group” of recipients set by the OP (followers-only, mentioned-people-only, etc.)
What happens if some reply post tags an outsider? What ought to happen?
Not sure, maybe tagging should be forbidden for follower-only posts? And replies should be forbidden from tagging anyone in mentioned-people-only posts?
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I have had this in mind for quite some time, but I think a reasonable solution to all of the above issues would be to make the original poster and the original post the authority over the entire thread. I am combining the points made by @jdp23 and @osma here, and trying to generalize.
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Then there’s the issue of harassment of black users discussed in
https://union.place/@feralthoughts/115345717793512758
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