Brutkey

Scott Jenson
@scottjenson@social.coop

#Mastodon trust and safety people, I need your help

I'm trying to understand how "Quiet Public" is used. In nearly every UX discussion I have with people the vast majority not only don't understand it, but it actively confuses them.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't have it, but I would like people to at least know WHY we have this. Given you can already opt out of search results w/ a setting, why you wouldn't just use "Followers only" instead?

Karin Dalziel
@nirak@hcommons.social

@scottjenson@social.coop I don't use it to limit searchability, I use to to keep my post out of the "home" feed.

This is especially useful if you are on an instance with a targeted "theme" and you want to keep off topic posts off the home feed.

Eugen Rochko
@Gargron@mastodon.social

@nirak@hcommons.social @scottjenson@social.coop Do you mean the local feed? It does nothing to hide your post from the home feed.