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   Hugo (hugo@assemblag.es)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 06:22:47 JST Hugo

   I think I went off this place when it clicked for me just how abysmally shite an idea "followers-only" visibility really is: a post status that lets you abuse people in ways that only you, your buddies and your victim can see? who on Earth thought this was a good idea?

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     Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 06:22:42 JST Sean Bala

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     @hugo I feel like that the idea of "followers-only" is really unclear - I get Public and I get direct. Unlisted seemed to be created for those concerned about universal search. But followers only feels really ambiguous to me. People I follow? People who follow me? Only mutuals? I feel like it should be only mutuals. Or there should at least be that option to make it do that.

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     Hugo (hugo@assemblag.es)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 06:22:43 JST Hugo

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     like, if followers-only posts were followers-only in a strict sense—if they weren't also visible to users mentioned in the post regardless of follower status—this would entirely change how they work, and curtail their usefulness to harassers.

     but that's not how this place is designed.

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     Hugo (hugo@assemblag.es)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 06:22:44 JST Hugo

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     maybe one reason this place has a reputation for racist abuse is simply that it's built to make racist abuse super easy.

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     Hugo (hugo@assemblag.es)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 06:22:46 JST Hugo

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     for all the talk of this as the Good Place, this is an abuse vector I've literally seen nowhere else.

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     Hugo (hugo@assemblag.es)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 06:22:47 JST Hugo

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     like, this place has a hard-coded post status for bullying people in ways that others can't see. it's fucked up.