These are all good ideas to try and studies show that “nudges” that can be ignored can make a difference. Hope this comes to web version too and is available to other Fedi apps. https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/22/mastodon-tackles-the-problem-of-reply-guys-with-its-latest-feature/
(1/n) #ReplyGuys on #Mastodon
Interesting approach, but sounds somewhat patronizing...I hate pop-ups in general...
"Mastodon’s latest update is tackling a problem Twitter users know all too well: the scourge of the “reply guys.” A colloquial term for the men who regularly reply to women’s posts in an overly familiar fashion, often to “mansplain,” tone police, offer unsolicited advice or gaslight the original poster, reply guys have been a longtime...
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...problem on social media.
Now, starting in the #Mastodon app for #Android, the company is experimenting with a simple reminder that will pop up when someone is about to respond to a stranger. The reminders may also include a bit of context — like if the stranger is an expert in their field, or if the post the user is replying to is old — to head off unnecessary or unhelpful commentary."
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So
@Gargron is going to chide us to stay inside our little walled gardens and only talk to people we already know
Is that the plan now?
Wow
Who put a burr under #Gargron's saddle blanket?
Betting it was that dustup a couple days ago about Popehat and Matt Blaze and Kanefield and a couple other people who weren't getting the deference they were used to expecting and were going off to Bluesky in a big pout
#Mastodon #App #Android #Bluesky
cc @tchambers
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Hm, I don't have a final opinion on this, but can see your point.
I have had quite some contact with newbies. In particular newbies from the BIPOC community seem to have struggled quite a bit with comments they found offensive. There is an issue.
That said, I'm not sure this is the correct way to address it...
Maybe it would be a tool against people who repeatedly offend others and receive complaints, as an intermediate...
@FinchHaven @Gargron @tchambers
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...ate step before outright blocking/banning them? IDK.
This definitely needs more thought.
What is sure:
it cannot be a compulsory setting for all.
This is not kindergarten.
But, hey, it is a trial...though I doubt that there will be many who can test it--very few use the original Mastodon app.
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