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Strangers offering unsolicited advice or derailing conversations should be familiar to all who use social media. In our new #Mastodon for Android update, we’re testing a new feature aimed to curb these behaviours:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/11/improving-the-quality-of-conversations-on-mastodon/

Improving the quality of conversations on Mastodon

In our most recent Mastodon for Android release, we’re testing a new feature aimed to curb unneccesary negativity that comes from being on the Internet.
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Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
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@Furball @targrus Just click "Got it" or "Don't remind me again" in such a situation.
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AliveDevil
AliveDevil
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happy to derail here to maybe prioritize fixing bugs, instead of feature creeping.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/396#issuecomment-1313949488


[BUG] GIF images autoplay in timeline · Issue #396 · mastodon/mastodon-ios

Is there an existing issue for this? I have searched the existing issues Current Behavior GIF images are currently set to auto play, which is very distracting/annoying/difficult for me to visually ...
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Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
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@AliveDevil That's a different app. Our update includes bug fixes though, as always.
@AliveDevil
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AliveDevil
AliveDevil
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@Gargron
In the article there is a mention of the iOS app, so I‘m not far off-topic.
@Eugen Rochko
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BerlinFokus
BerlinFokus
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Yes please DO some bugfixes.

After the new update, the "standard" Mastodon Android App is almost unusable.

Something seems to be wrong with the power management on smartphones or so.

I'm no expert but it almost killed my battery.

Which is much more of a "unpleasant experience" to me than strangers trying to explain something (who I can block in the worst case).

👉👈 🥺

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Connel Hooley
Connel Hooley
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will the reminder be shown every time a user replies to the same stranger?

If so, I'm just wondering if 2 ignore options would be useful:

Don't remind me again
Don't remind me again for this user

Apologies if I'm misunderstanding the functionality.

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Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
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@connel The reminder is only displayed once per stranger. The second option disables the reminders altogether.
@Connel Hooley
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DJ Adams
DJ Adams
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This is disappointing at best, and anti-community at worst. Spontaneous conversations are what makes the social part of the Web (and other parts of the Internet) great, and why we're here today.

If someone thinks that a person unknown to them, who replies or comments on something you post, is "a stranger offering unsolicited advice" in a negative way, then something is drastically wrong somewhere.

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Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
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@qmacro If it's unclear, there's nothing actually preventing you from writing your reply. In fact, clicking "Got it" takes you to the compose screen. It only reminds you you're about to speak to someone who doesn't know you, and who they are.
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DJ Adams
DJ Adams
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@Gargron Thanks, but it's not the UI, it's the thinking behind the UI, it's the anti-conversation concept that is at the heart of what I find unfortunate about all this.
@Eugen Rochko
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Julia Evans
Julia Evans
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this is awesome, have you thought of letting people customize the prompt for folks replying to them? I think different folks have very different issues they seem in their replies
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Renaud Chaput
Renaud Chaput
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@b0rk This has been discussed but it requires backend / federation changes, so for now this is not customisable as it allows experimenting with the feature quickly.
If the results are good and we find the best form for this feature (it will most probably evolve), then we might do it.
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Clifford Adams
Clifford Adams
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@renchap @b0rk Another idea to consider is showing the profile text of the person being replied to. There one could say things like "Read my FAQ before replying." or "Please no advice unless I specifically ask for it."
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Clifford Adams
Clifford Adams
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@Gargron
Thanks for implementing it so quickly then! 😜
I did read the blog post but managed to miss that part the first time.
@Eugen Rochko

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