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   Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 13:55:31 JST Kim Scheinberg

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   • Matt Campbell

   @matt
   I can understand the appeal

   But I'd guess 25% of the people I follow, I follow *because of* a thoughtful reply on one of my posts

   Replies from strangers are a discovery mechanism for me

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     Matt Campbell (matt@toot.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 13:55:32 JST Matt Campbell

     Hot take about the fediverse: Maybe the solution to the oft-mentioned problem where we don't always see all replies to a post is that we shouldn't be _able_ to see arbitrary replies, except for posts from people that we follow (including boosts), and of course, specific profiles that we view. A corollary is that maybe random folks shouldn't have the right to intrude on someone's notifications with replies to their posts. The result would be more fragmented but possibly better in some ways.