I really crave a Mastodon feature to "allow only replies from followers" or being able to remove all the disinformation being spread in my replies. Because the mansplainer season is strong this year. And I have no spoons to give free education to all of them.
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@Em0nM4stodon I've reached a point where I reply to people and then immediately block them
that way I've contradicted the disinformation but also limited future interactions
@Em0nM4stodon Yes please! Major need on all the fediverse platforms for safety and sanity reasons.
@Em0nM4stodon "the mansplainer season" implies it has an end, tho LOL but yes, they are off the chain
@tamarasellman Good point, this never ends 😭
@Em0nM4stodon this would be a virtuous use of chat bots, but instead it's being used to create unemployed gooners.
@Em0nM4stodon Nunc mihi tibi explicare liceat quod non succedet. 😂😉
@Em0nM4stodon it REALLY helps on bluesky but is also way more necessary there because of how posts kinda go viral so far beyond their intended audience so often (for algorithmic reasons + reasons of the lack of privacy controls). it imo was much worse over there before reply controls
@Em0nM4stodon Interesting problem set.
@Em0nM4stodon That's Interaction Policies, and I've heard Mastodon is looking into doing this, just not sure when. Their canQuote is being pulled into GoToSocial to go along with their canReply, canLike, canAnnounce (boost):
https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/v0.21.2/federation/interaction_controls/
My default interaction policy for replies is exactly what you say:
Anyone can like, anyone can boost, however to reply either I follow you, or you follow me, in which case replies are automatic, or else I manually approve the reply.
You can configure the reply policy as a default for all posts, and then you can even (if the software supports it) do interaction policies for specific posts. Like if you want to disallow all replies, for instance.
@oli @Em0nM4stodon they used gts's technique to implement their preferred quoting implementation, so they already have the relevant technology available. mastodon is choosing to slow-walk functionality to protect users and this kind of a pattern of behavior at this point. gts is awesome and deeply inspiring
@oli That would be absolutely fantastic!
I've been wondering about something along that thought also
https://infosec.exchange/@cyanautik/116472934108911204
