@kissane The problem with reply gating is that it encourages bullying or even unfair comments that can’t be challenged.

It’s different from blocking because at least with blocking you can’t see the comments. So personally, I find reply gating problematic. It encourages poor behaviour such as personal attacks and also allows people to live in enclosed niches where directed hatred can fester.

@kissane On a semi-related note, what's your take on social media companies basically omitting a 'dislike' button on posts? YouTube removed theirs awhile ago to the benefit of corporations more than anything.

Is it healthy for the users of a platform to be presented this ideal wonderland where any 'negative' thought is discouraged?

@kissane Agree.
On the Mastodon github this is actually the second most discussed feature request and has been open since 2018, it is really disheartening that there has been no progress towards implementing it.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/8565

@kerim @vruz @jakehamilton @tmccormick @jschmittwdc @is_googling @neet FYI, since you expressed interest in my list importer tool in the past, I wanted to let you know I have released a rudimentary web UI that should be much easier for non-technical people to use. If anyone uses it I'd love to hear how it goes.

But do note: getting it removed from the agenda tomorrow does not mean it’s gone. It *will* come back possibly many more times, until the commission decides to drop the procedure altogether, which is very unlikely to happen ATM. Continuous political pressure could change that, though.

@Miriamm The wholesome Pixar talking animal movie practically writes itself.

@Miriamm

This is how you do it. No discrimination.

@Miriamm "Hey, can I hangout with all of you?"

@_elena thanks so much for what you're doing. As a FLOSS-advocate, too tech savvy guy, we, the FLOSS community, failed at making things welcoming and easy to grasps for regular people.

Now it's time for ordinary non-techy people to appropriate what we built and make it yours. We need you, I hope you'll succeed ✊

Also: this post by @janeadams https://vis.social/@janeadams/110550051059894412

@mia Oof!

I understand how this works and I find it deeply cursed. I also kinda like it.

(The description didn't work for me tho)

@Wolven it really does, also I think a lot of people wouldn't have problems with visibility if you could just control the randos in your mentions

@Wolven That's available on FB and I believe has saved me from tart responses on more than one occasion after I've poked the bear. Seems legit.

@Wolven I was thinking yesterday how I wished I could mute replies from people I don’t follow instead of having to manually mute or block all the reply guys that show up in a woman’s feed to explain to her how wrong she is. I’m sure this preference crosses into other user demos who tend to draw assoholic comments - as you’ve pointed out.

@mekkaokereke

@ljrk @lisamelton so many notable names mentioned here, and in replies, and yet no Fran Allen !! The first woman to win the Turing award

@ljrk this. I make a point of it, at least in my small corner of CS. Talking about the BSDs? We’re gonna talk about Bill AND Lynne Jolitz. Modern sandboxed computer architectures? Joanna Rutskova needs a name check! Usable computing means we should talk about MEZ and Angella Sasse. We don’t change the perception that CS is a boys club unless we show all the other people in there!

@ljrk I am so upset. I thought I had filled the major gaps in my knowledge. This is showing me how much I missed.

I was a comp sci major. A bunch of classes included “history of” bits in the beginning, and interspersed throughout.

I was often the only woman (it’s complicated: :genderfluid_flag: ) in the class. This would have made life a lot better for me, and helped me feel a lot less alienated.

@jwildeboer Government regulation works, self-regulation not so much.

@jwildeboer It astonishes me what effective governance can accomplish.