I brought this up to the Mastodon team (no response yet), but I wonder if the solution, at least a temporary one, to the problem where people get harassed with followers-only posts that @ mention them, thus hiding these posts from public view and moderators, and allowing the abuser's followers to pile on, could be as simple as allowing to filter out such notifications.
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There is a renewed conversation around this, but for those not aware, this has been a very common abuse tactic during the last big Twitter/X-to-fediverse migration.
You can actually post a followers-only post, tag a non-follower, and only that person and your followers will see it.
Perfect for abusive pile-ons that go undetected.
This is, in great part, why some of you apparently "never see racism" in the fediverse. It happens, has been widely documented, and needs to be handled.
Otherwise, I wouldn't get too excited about any newcomers from Bluesky, Mastodon might just still not be ready.
cc @mastodonmigration, since you brought this up just yesterday.
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