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New blogpost: I think fedizens should be able to disable replies to some or all of their posts
tl;dr: Reply Guys gonna reply.
Why? It’s a safety feature, and a key part of a consensual community.
Perhaps I’m biased in that I mostly see women and non-binary people asking for this feature, and most see men arguing against it.
Not all posts need a reply.
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Not all posts are an invitation for a debate.
neilzone.co.ukI think fedizens should be able to disable replies to some or all of their posts
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) @realcainmosni@mastodon.me.uk@neil It's not a centralised protocol, though. You'd be reliant on all implementations to respect the "replies disabled" semaphore. (Like the laughable Mickey$oft "recall" extension to e-mail which only their products understand or honour.) The most you can enforce reliably is to refuse to accept the replies in your own client.