Yes. That's equivalent to Alice setting their post followers only, and Bob setting their post public, but less confusing to the user.

(Edit: realized you hadn't said what Bob's visibility was set to. Anyway: UI quibbles aside, the answer is that you intersect the people who are able to view)

@ori

I don't think it breaks expectations.

It's also the way most social networks work. If the OP posts privately, all the comments and replies to comments are visible to *all* the OP's followers.

This is how Facebook, Instagram, and X all work.

They let you have private conversations with people that matter to you. It's one of the best parts of those platforms.

@ori cool, thanks for your input. I'm not proposing anything, I just think your expectations are really bad for conversations.

I would be very surprised if I posted a followers -only note that a non-follower could see.

If I posted a globally visible note in response to a followers-only note, and only the people who could see the original note could see my response, it would make sense to me.

@ori I think this is where I got on the merry-go-round.