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   lime with barcode (scanlime@misc.name)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 12:52:21 JST lime with barcode

   it's mildly infuriating that people are dismissing the different view of the network experienced by each server as a misfeature. i really like how the fediverse allows literally multiple perspectives to coexist. i like that my view of the thread isn't expected to be the same as the thread author's view.

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 12:52:20 JST hypolite

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     @scanlime Counterpoint: people getting several times the same reply from different people who did not see each other's reply. Then OP gets legitimately frustrated because they can see all these same replies.
     
     I don't think there's a good solution to this, but I also think it's a valid criticism, especially coming from platforms where everybody had a complete view of the conversation.
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 13:07:16 JST hypolite

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     @scanlime I'm with you, I don't mind the limited vantage point (except in private scoped conversation where I received orphan replies from the OP because I don't follow the person they're replying to).
     
     Maybe it's just a scale issue. With followers in the hundreds, the drawbacks are less pronounced. With followers in the thousands and above, they become much more prominent because the number of different view of a single conversation also explodes.
     
     But then I expect trying to reconcile the view of the thread among all the involved servers would increase network traffic very significantly with a nasty side-effect: you know your provocative reply will be forwarded to all these people who do not follow you.
     
     This is why I'm against any technical solution to this frustration. The cost/benefit analysis doesn't look good.
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     lime with barcode (scanlime@misc.name)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 13:07:17 JST lime with barcode

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     @hypolite the OP can use filters, and people in general can get used to the world being bigger than a single place to stand. i'm not unaware of your perspective i just don't appreciate the implications of this approach.

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 13:11:04 JST hypolite

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     @scanlime It is, and we implemented a button to revoke a follow in #Friendica that could be used just for that.
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     lime with barcode (scanlime@misc.name)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 13:11:05 JST lime with barcode

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     @hypolite one solution is to not have so many followers

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