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   David Hepworth (dhepworth@allthingstech.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 00:20:24 JST David Hepworth

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs > “These design decisions go so far to severely hamper basic human discourse; namely the unreliable replies (people on different servers often see different replies) and not having quote posts.”

   It’s not a bug, it’s a feature?

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     Brion Vibber :blobcatcoffee:​ (brion@bikeshed.vibber.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 00:26:46 JST Brion Vibber :blobcatcoffee:​

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs tbf i don't think anyone deliberately designed the lack of consistency in replies to reduce conflict, i think that one's just lack of thinking the design through.

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     Brion Vibber :blobcatcoffee:​ (brion@bikeshed.vibber.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 00:35:51 JST Brion Vibber :blobcatcoffee:​

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs i'm also given to understand there are problems with blocked people being able to still post replies on your posts, something that wouldn't happen if replies were managed by your own server instead of just happening out in the ether

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     Brion Vibber :blobcatcoffee:​ (brion@bikeshed.vibber.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 00:35:52 JST Brion Vibber :blobcatcoffee:​

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs in a system that was concentrating on reducing conflict, this wouldn't happen -- because the lack of seeing each others' replies *creates* conflict as multiple people post the same "hot takes" over and over. you'd instead have replies for a post managed by a the server of the person who posted the parent post, so that moderators could actually moderate discussions

     none of that's in mastodon, where reply trees are applied via some activitypub reply chain at a separate level

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     John Conway (john@sauropods.win)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 05:33:01 JST John Conway

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs is the replies thing a deliberate design decision? If so, that’s crazy. I thought it was a bug or at least accidental.