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   Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 02:21:09 JST Chris Trottier

   Keep in mind why I opted for using Fediverse groups instead of hashtags: anyone can use a hashtag and therefore hijack it.

   There’s no way to block someone from using a hashtag. However, trolls can be blocked from using a group.

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 02:27:20 JST Chris Trottier

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     There’s a problem with Friendica groups, though: through Mastodon, trolls know how many people follow a Friendica group.

     Which means they know how many people will receive content in their Home feeds.

     This gives these groups a big target on their back should they become popular.

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 02:32:20 JST Chris Trottier

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     • Adam Dymitruk :uv: :em: :tux:

     @adymitruk They’re kind of like Facebook groups but federated. Mastodon doesn’t directly support them yet.

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     Adam Dymitruk :uv: :em: :tux: (adymitruk@techhub.social)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 02:32:21 JST Adam Dymitruk :uv: :em: :tux:

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     @atomicpoet what's a group?

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     Rairii (rairii@haqueers.com)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 02:35:27 JST Rairii

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     @atomicpoet i wonder what mastodon's group support will look like, and if it includes group creation, whether glitchsoc's "hide follower count" will work on them?

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 02:35:27 JST Chris Trottier

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     • Rairii

     @Rairii I don’t know, but as an early adopter of this feature, I’m learning something important: the value of comment controls. If groups become more popular, there needs to be three tools:

     1. Federated comment deletion
     2. Thread locking
     3. Comment queues that allows moderators to review before posting

     A Reddit-style auto moderator would be incredibly useful too.

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     Giannis (giannis@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 02:55:08 JST Giannis

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     @atomicpoet Groups are coming to mastodon?

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 07:40:55 JST Chris Trottier

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     • Steve Dinn

     @steve Yes, #Calckey’s channels are groups. Right now channels do not federate but that’s something that will eventually happen.

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     Steve Dinn (steve@social.dinn.ca)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 07:40:56 JST Steve Dinn

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     @atomicpoet Are groups like #calckey 's channels? Because I think this was the differentiation point I was missing to see the difference between #groups and #hashtags.

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     My Blue Check is MIA (abortthegqpnow@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 08:59:59 JST My Blue Check is MIA

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     • Steve Dinn

     @atomicpoet @steve I will need someone to give me a master class in understanding #calckey Very small words and maybe even pictures.

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 09:03:20 JST Chris Trottier

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     • Steve Dinn

     @AbortTheGQPNOW @steve #Calckey is basically a microblogging platform just like Twitter and Mastodon. However, Calckey has many, many more features than both:

     1. Photo galleries
     2. Groups
     3. Webpages
     4. Cloud storage
     5. Emoji reactions

     Best way to understand it, is to try it. Here's a server that you can try out with:

     https://calckey.social/

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     My Blue Check is MIA (abortthegqpnow@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 08:57:29 JST My Blue Check is MIA

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     • Steve Dinn

     @atomicpoet @steve Thanks. I'll give it a whirl.