If Alice makes a followers-only post, and Bob replies to it, to whom should Bob's reply be visible?
@evan
It should be visible to the original set as Alice shared the post with her followers, not followers of followers (light blue segment of set diagram). Any of Bob’s followers that also follow Alice will see the post and replies anyway. See comments on set diagram and post about the set theory maths/model - https://mastodon.social/@dahukanna/116030140984675453
Edited 15d ago
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Alice is the top level poster. it is their conversation. the communication style should flow from that, not be hijacked by someone else's communication style
other people's communication styles matter, but not in this context
@dahukanna
Oh... I need to change my answer. 😅
Other: the dark blue-grey.
@evan
@lazysupper @dahukanna so, in a long conversation, the number of people who can see the responses gets smaller and smaller over time?
@evan
Yes. I initially thought that's a problem. But it respects the privacy wishes of the respondents. But ideally most of the conversation will occur within the overlap.
If Dave knows Alice and Bob but hates Chad, he shouldn't be excluded from the conversation just because Chad's a jerk. And he shouldn't need to reveal his reponses to Chad, just because Alice and Bob tolerate Chad.