“It's not that big of a deal that users don't understand how their privacy settings work” they said.
ANYWAY, for those who haven't heard, Mastodon recently changed how private posts work. I wrote up a quick overview of the changes, which you can read HERE: >>>> https://marrus-sh.github.io/mastodon-info/everything-you-need-to-know-about-privacy-v1.3-020150428.html
Here are my more political thoughts about this change: [thread]
ANYWAY (1) This change should have been announced to everyone, and MOST IMPORTANTLY to client developers, AT LEAST A WEEK before implementation. Right now Amaroq (for example) still says that private posts only federate to "followers on your instance", even though THIS IS NO LONGER TRUE, because the app hasn't had time to update to reflect the new changes.
@u2764 1 week is far from enough for these kind of changes, but it would help more than zero notice
