@evan Fair enough, and I should have said “not implemented in Mastodon AFAIK”.
I’ll admit to not knowing all the ins and outs of what ActivityPub can do (vs a specific implementation). Philosophically, if implementing any cool or convenient feature means weakening the decentralized model, I’ll do without that feature. (Not saying that’s the case in this discussion, but it is where I start from.)
@evan A reply to any post is still a post and should be to whomever the replier chooses.
But I would agree with discussing/debating the following questions:
- In a reply, can the audience choice include a selection relative to the OP (instead of the replier)? Today this is not possible.
- Could multiple audiences be selected, such as the OP’s and the replier’s followers? (And what are the options for replies to that post?)
- What should be the default audience for a reply be when the reply is started?
