Gregory's ServerWhat if we had an "untrusted" notifications tab for interactions from unfamiliar users...
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@Gargron Doesn't that make too many tabs? Maybe a particular color instead? @Steve12L Different color won't save you from getting pinged which is the main annoyance from spam   @Gargron port over the notification options from the ios app (everyone / follows / followers / mutuals / no one)? or maybe just collapse it into two categories, "all" and "in your network" (which includes people who follow you or you follow, i guess?) @trwnh I love that iOS app setting but if we're talking about spam, it's not a solution. I'm sure a lot of people won't want to set it to "anyone I follow" only and then you're on square one. @Gargron maybe something like filtering out a notification if it contains a link and no one follows that user locally? would at least stop link-spam although idk i personally still think a widespread culture of human-reviewed signups is the best safeguard against spam -- anything beyond that is plugging leaky holes... @trwnh Any sign-up delay causes dramatic drop-off in onboarding. You might get rid of spammers but you'll also get rid of the majority of legitimate people trying the platform out.  @Gargron If you wanted to break notifications off into trusted and untrusted, perhaps just have an icon next to them or something. At least for me, I don't get enough interactions on my posts to warrant having two separate notifications tabs, it would just add unnecessary complexity to the interface. I guess it also depends on how a user is identified as being "trusted". Is that people you follow? People from trusted Mastodon instances? Making the feature optional/toggle-able would be nice. @Gargron I am in favor of it, can you tell us more? "unknown" rather than "untrustworthy"/ what do you think? @Gargron what if i could make all my posts not be forced unlisted they are set to public in the settings yet still post as unlisted @Gargron or at least a filter a user could enable in the settings: "Do not show notifications about interactions with unknown users".   @Gargron I think it's a good idea. It gives users more control over the types of interactions they have on Mastodon. If someone only wants to interact with people they trust, I think they should be able to, and having a known/unknown users filter would help facilitate that. @Gargron I think this would confuse users. I’d prefer to have another feature, which is off-topic: fed-wide amounts of faves. Currently faved toots are only per instance, which I personally don’t like. |
@Gargron no please