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   wet forest moon folklorist (seachanger@alaskan.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:11:40 JST wet forest moon folklorist

   bad reply guys are one of fedi/mastodon’s biggest problems.

   I’m realizing it’s not only a demographic issue but a structural one with the platform. if people cannot easily see one another’s replies, and if the original poster can’t easily QT replies, someone with a popular post has to field dozens of nearly identical replies. if these replies enforce white supremacy or patriarchy (spoiler: they often do), the structure of mastodon tends to center and amplify white supremacy &patriarchy

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     wet forest moon folklorist (seachanger@alaskan.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:11:37 JST wet forest moon folklorist

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     • Sarah (Fackrell) Burstein

     @design_law One thing people did on Twitter is pull up annoying replies with a QT so that everyone can actually see it, and deal with it publicly. It takes a lot more work to do that here and this is what I saw people of color talking about last fall—they are being treated one way in the replies, but a lot of people just have no idea what’s even happening leaving the original poster feeling alone/vulnerable/bombarded

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     Sarah (Fackrell) Burstein (design_law@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:11:38 JST Sarah (Fackrell) Burstein

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     @seachanger Yeah, I've seen a bit of this and the invisible, repeating reply guys are exhausting.

     Genuine question, though: How do you see QTs helping here? I've had some luck adding replies to my original post (something like a P.S.) to add clarifications/answer common questions. But most of my repeating replies aren't from people who follow me, so they wouldn't see the QT anyway. I'm guessing you're envisioning some kind of different situation, then? Always appreciate your thoughts.

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     wet forest moon folklorist (seachanger@alaskan.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:11:39 JST wet forest moon folklorist

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     we’ve all seen some amazing conversations unfold here but what you don’t see until you make a post that elicits hordes of replies, is how infuriating it is to get bombarded with carbon copies of the same idea you’ve already refuted 8 times. we need clear threading and an upvote system and yeah, QTs