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Stefan Bohacek @fediverse.stefanbohacek.online · 04/01/2026

I know this is already on Mastodon team's radar, but I do want to stress how important this feature is. github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues… We won't get rid of the racism and the mansplaining on the fediverse overnight, but giving people control over their replies would […]

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Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

@stefan we already have reply controls. Every object has a `replies` collection that is managed by the author's server. If a) remote servers only use that collection for showing replies and b) the local server lets the user curate the collection, it just works.

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Tim Chambers @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026

@stefan +1 to this…

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

@stefan this seems to steer completely in the opposite direction of W3C recommendations like Webmentions, where replies and reactions are basically HTTP POSTs on a Webmention URL that can be made by anyone on the Internet (not even necessarily on Mastodon).

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Mathias @mathias.sharkey.world.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online Just thinking out loud here without overly much afterthought and still stuffed on xmas/holiday food but: wouldn't it be more in the spirit of things in the Fediverse to be able to control who can READ your posts? I'm talking about plonking your followers in to groups […]

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