Thinking out loud. What if Mastodon or ActivityPub adopted a "trusted connection" option and pair that with a default option to only allow trusted connections to direct mention you? Different use case than Roblox, and no need for ID verified, just a way to filter who can assault my notifications/DMs #trustcon
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@jaz The either-or boolean model "connected or not" has always been a bad one. Social relationships are far more complex, and if we don't try to capture that online, then our online interactions will be unsatisfying.
Interestingly enough, I think that many commercial platforms, while they appear to do the same binary thing on the surface, have far more complex representations underneath, like a multidimensional vector of float. Which helps decide which post to surface to you.
@j12t that was Matt's (Kaufman) point, that while they (Roblox) do things in the background, this is a clear signal to the front end and to the end users that they can gradate their connections. Bonfire's Circles might do some of the fine grain, but a simple second tier like this could do a lot of heavy lifting for a lot of people.
@jaz @j12t that's super interesting to include as a new settings
Added to backlog https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app/issues/1447
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Added to backlog https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app/issues/1447
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