my take is that conversations with strangers on social media is a terrible, weird idea that dates from like 2006 and honestly no one should be doing that. if you want to broadcast, do that. should Mastodon have a broadcast mode? sure, why not! but i have **never**, **not once**, enjoyed the “conversation” when one of my posts have gone “viral” because anonymous strangers are stupid and mean, so I mute it. I’m a cis-het white guy and i **hate** interacting with randos!