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Phantasm@phnt@fluffytail.org (2026-06-10 03:22:04)
@jupiter_rowland @sendpaws
>About "reply gating"
>This, or something similar, has been a standard feature at least on Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte from the get-go, i.e. from their respective creation on.
I've written extensively about this before. Features like this simply cannot work in a federated network like ActivityPub broadly. Your instance might hide replies/comments to your posts to you and other instances running the same software, but it is visible to everyone else. So at best it creates a false sense of security/control.
The only way to implement it properly is by making the OP instance/user the sole authority of federating those posts, which requires a large paradigm shift in how federation works. FEP-171b: Conversation Containers is one such way and it is effectively broken for every other implementation beyond those listed. Hubzilla implements it. So you either limit your interactions to 4 fedi server implementations that most people don't use, or it doesn't work as expected.
Give my blog post about it a read if you are interested in how these settings can be disregarded.
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Phantasm@phnt@fluffytail.org (2026-06-10 05:41:48)
@jupiter_rowland @sendpaws Not to mention that limiting social interactions on a social media network is kinda sad. There are better ways to filter posts you don't like seeing in your notifs than breaking federation and/or making social media less social.
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Pawlicker@sendpaws@mitra.pawslut.party (2026-06-10 05:44:26)
@phnt @jupiter_rowland Making social media less social is one huge reason why it's so shit nowadays.
It's also funny to see how people who do that end up complaining about how lonely they are before nuking their account. You just cut off all interactions, no wonder people aren't talking to you.
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