If you're a white person on the Fediverse and you've never seen someone called a slur, or threats made against them--congratulations!
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In order to keep their abuse secret, these harassing accounts would have to use "Request to follow", because otherwise their abuse could be easily exposed by those following them.
I have avoided following anyone with this setting, not wanting to be in a group where others are not welcome. I know this is a weak reason, but now I have a stronger one.
@Anne_Delong@musician.social @fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk @dave@alvarado.social
I have follow approval switched on because I don't want creeps following me. I do have it set that if I already follow you, you don't need approval to follow me... -
@Rhube @MxAlba @dave I think you misread because the above has no impact on public posts without any reply restrictions. It would be part of the long requested reply control features one could use if you want to limit who can reply to you. And one very useful limitiation would be "you can't change the scope of who the post is visible to".
@dalias@hachyderm.io @Rhube@wandering.shop @dave@alvarado.social
Of course that also would technically block people from privately responding to a public message... -
@dalias@hachyderm.io @Rhube@wandering.shop @dave@alvarado.social
Of course that also would technically block people from privately responding to a public message... -
@flesh @pierrenick @dave you’re coming up with a hypothetical that sinply doesn’t matter in real usage ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
removed replies on Bluesky (unless th OP outright blocked the accounts posting) are still visible but hidden by default, so you can see what got removed (these also include moderated removal of low-quality replies, such as stuff that’s just expletives)
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io @pierrenick@hachyderm.io @dave@alvarado.social Well, that's less bad than first expected.
I still don't think such tools are entirely abuse-proof.
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No, using reporting. To mods. Its not public. I dont understand.
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But mods can see all the posts, and reporting is not public.
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No, using reporting. To mods. Its not public. I dont understand.
@kevinrns ah. Reporting to mods is not what I'm describing in that second example. I'm talking about posting screenshots to prove to people that harassment is happening.
Reporting to mods doesn't stop harassment because most harassment is from sock puppet accounts.
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@Anne_Delong@musician.social @fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk @dave@alvarado.social
I have follow approval switched on because I don't want creeps following me. I do have it set that if I already follow you, you don't need approval to follow me...That sounds sensible.
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@fishidwardrobe
Mastodon client app makers can also add that setting on their app, @apps @Tusky which would be useful if mastodon dev dismiss the problem. -
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@dave So, you say that followers only does not extend to followers of "@"-ed people? This sounds like a bug to me.
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