Frank the Bunny
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Hopefully this is something that is reevaluated down the road. So many design choices were made with the intent to reduce trolling and other abuses, as people discover more *how* to do certain things like this, abuse will surely arrive with an influx of more users.
Frank the Bunny @ZomBunnyFrank
It's an interesting quirk of Spoutible that people with private accounts can use the quote-spout to shit-talk you to the general timeline, and you can even see it, but you can't say anything in response because they have their accounts set to private.
03:41 PM - Mar 22, 2023
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Barb Hrmn
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In response to Frank the Bunny.
Not everybody knows the settings well enough to know they've been set to private. It doesn't show as openly as it did elsewhere, and we're all new here. I've seen at least one account today that I follow say she didn't know she was set to private.
03:55 PM - Mar 22, 2023
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Frank the Bunny
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In response to Barb Hrmn.
That's a good point, but then the use of a quote-spout rather than just a reply would either indicate the person knew I wouldn't see a reply, or that they just wanted to enjoy the old Twitter pastime of dunking on something I said. Either one is pretty cringe-y.
04:03 PM - Mar 22, 2023
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Barb Hrmn
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In response to Frank the Bunny.
Some people routinely use quote spouts. It's their way of bringing attention. So no, it doesn't indicate that. And they are not the dunking type.
04:06 PM - Mar 22, 2023
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Frank the Bunny
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I mean that in more of a general sense. Obviously I don't know the people who I don't follow and who chose to use their platform to specifically take issue with something I said. In general, it would seem that the settings are pretty self explanatory and this is obnoxious Twitter behavior.
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04:11 PM - Mar 22, 2023
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Barb Hrmn
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In response to Frank the Bunny.
I don't even know where to find my privacy settings or how to set to private or open. 😂 I'm set to however I started automatically, or set to accidentally.
04:14 PM - Mar 22, 2023
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Frank the Bunny
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In response to Barb Hrmn.
LOL, you make a good point...I sometimes forget that as someone in the tech industry, this stuff is like breathing to me, but not everyone is quite as quick with these new interfaces.
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