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   Jer Warren (nyquildotorg@fedia.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 02:51:28 JST Jer Warren

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   I hadn't even gotten to the way making replies work differently than posts can impact abuse, and now that I'm thinking about it in those terms, I feel even more strongly that, as long as the objective of the social media network isn't specifically to expose more people to more posts for advertising purposes, having replies be like comments instead of their own boostable posts is the only reasonable option.

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     Jer Warren (nyquildotorg@fedia.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 02:51:29 JST Jer Warren

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     Post.news also treats replies differently than posts. I was annoyed by this on both Cohost and Post for longer than I'd like to admit, but when I finally realized how much better designed it is I instantly became annoyed that everyone else is not doing it that way.

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     Jer Warren (nyquildotorg@fedia.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 02:51:31 JST Jer Warren

     Cohost absolutely had the correct idea on differentiating replies from posts. Replies dumping into feeds was always just another way to "increase engagement" for advertising purposes, and I remember when everyone was mad about that.
     
     That some of these people who were mad about replies in feeds on Twitter are now like "how dare you suggest that replies should be a different thing than posts!!1" is frustrating.

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     Jer Warren (nyquildotorg@fedia.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 03:01:28 JST Jer Warren

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io social networks were designed by corporations trying to make money off the activities of ordinary people, and "killed" blogs.
     
     I just don't think trying to reframe what social media can be ought to be as controversial as people think, especially considering the entire concept was designed for evil from the get-go.