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   mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 00:33:33 JST mekka okereke :verified:

   What I love about Masto replies:
   Sometimes I'll post something like "Here is a way we might improve things slightly."

   And someone will reply "I disagree completely."

   Fair enough. But then a few minutes later they reply to themselves:

   "You are a jackass! Go away troll!"

   And I'll think "That escalated. Should I block?" Then they reply again:

   "Wrong! Phoenicians didn't even have access to titanium!"

   And I'll think "🤨Wait... what?"

   Then I get it that they're arguing with someone I can't see🤷🏿♂️

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     nellie-m (nellie_m@autisticpri.de)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 02:32:10 JST nellie-m

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Yule Infused Sentient Nog

     @thomasfuchs @mekkaokereke @sentient_water

     unless you use FediFetcher or combine.social 🙂

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     Kevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦 (kboyd@phpc.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 09:28:26 JST Kevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs @mekkaokereke pictured: mastodon replies

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     varx/social (varx@cybersecurity.theater)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jun-2023 18:52:18 JST varx/social

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     @mekkaokereke So in this situation there's a "broken" thread, but you get the new reply because you're mentioned, and the mysterious toot starts with some list of @-mentions that contains a user you've blocked? I guess Mastodon could do something to highlight blocked user @-mentions...

     A similar problem happens in IRC. I /ignore someone, and then someone else says something rude that is apparently in reply to something reasonable, and it turns out I'm just missing the intervening trolling. :-/ There's also an option in my client for "...and also hide any replies to ignored users" but that sometimes just makes it worse!

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     varx/social (varx@cybersecurity.theater)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jun-2023 22:26:48 JST varx/social

     • goatsarah

     @goatsarah Humm... wouldn't the mention in the "missing" toot cause the toot to be sent over?

     My understanding is that any direct interaction you make (fave, boost, mention) causes a request to be sent from one server to the other, whereas other visibility (federated timeline) is based on who is following whom.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jun-2023 05:39:42 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @mekkaokereke
     I am going to start using “Wrong! Phoenicians didn't even have access to titanium!" as my rejoinder to everything now.