You’ve never checked a person’s profile to see if you want to follow or not? I mean you could argue you’re “digging too deep” at that point but eh, sometimes you’re unsure after seeing their posts and want to see their replies. (Especially if someone has very few top level posts)
It’s a pretty minor wart on the best front end though…
Oh good, you have a workaround, so there’s nothing to do here.
Pleroma FE is the superior frontend!
If there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that when the vast majority of users aren’t complaining, it’s to take what a small handful of loud users are saying with a grain of salt. And I don’t mean it personally, but Snow complains about this constantly.
First of all, no, you’re the one who wants more user data. That’s what this is all about lmao.
Secondly, if someone writes the code to make it configurable, I’ll allow it. But it’s a harder challenge than it would seem, and I don’t think it’s worth my time.
This may seem like a silly opinion to hold, but I'm of the view that an ideal client will make the most of the information that the server delivers to them. That is, the most of what they're permitted to see. If the server reveals too much, and the client uses that, it's usually a backend issue.
pretending a feature doesn’t exist is always a bad idea
“A weak lock is better than no lock at all”, true or false?
Depends on the context, and what’s at risk.
User know their replies aren’t private, since anyone can sign up to see them. 99% of users don’t know how to use the API, just like 99% of people don’t know how to pick a weak lock. If someone wanted to try hard enough, they could access that information either way.
The purpose of gating in the UI is to discourage it, not prevent it.
marcin mikołajczak
•Dewoo Alt-dog
•Alex Gleason
•Ademan
•It’s a pretty minor wart on the best front end though…
Alex Gleason
•Dewoo Alt-dog
•Dewoo Alt-dog
•I don't even follow those people!
Alex Gleason
•Pleroma FE is the superior frontend!
If there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that when the vast majority of users aren’t complaining, it’s to take what a small handful of loud users are saying with a grain of salt. And I don’t mean it personally, but Snow complains about this constantly.
Get your free instance: fediverse.us.to :commodore_1::commodore_2:
•@mkljczk@dwaltiz
Alex Gleason
•Secondly, if someone writes the code to make it configurable, I’ll allow it. But it’s a harder challenge than it would seem, and I don’t think it’s worth my time.
Alex Gleason
•But if I did make it configurable, I know what you’d do… You’d go to every single Soapbox instance and tell them to reconfigure it.
Dr. NEETzsche, GED
•marcin mikołajczak
•Alex Gleason
•Depends on the context, and what’s at risk.
User know their replies aren’t private, since anyone can sign up to see them. 99% of users don’t know how to use the API, just like 99% of people don’t know how to pick a weak lock. If someone wanted to try hard enough, they could access that information either way.
The purpose of gating in the UI is to discourage it, not prevent it.