@Gargron
"Some people prefer to keep their posts to a closed group of people"
The use case discussed here is a bit different.
You can tag a non-follower in your post, then set the post to followers-only, making it so that the person you mentioned can see your post, your followers can pile on, and nobody else gets to witness this.
There really is no reason for this functionality, a followers-only post should not be shown to people who are not followers.
@mastodonmigration @Bam @mekkaokereke
https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113572086103562594
@stefan @mastodonmigration @Bam @mekkaokereke So this was built out in accordance with early feedback around 2016/2017 and meant to address two things: One, the major downside of "protected […]
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