[feat] Only show favs & repeats from people mentioned in the post #360

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opened 2023-11-19 22:32:28 +00:00 by snan · 0 comments

snan commented

2023-11-19 22:32:28 +00:00

The idea

I get that this shouldn't be the only way for all, just a setting, but here's what I'd love:

The only favs and repeats it shows and/or notifies about are the ones from the people mentioned in the post. So if I give @Alice@instancename a suggestion, and she favs the post, I get to see that. If she favs some other post, I don't get to see that.
Mentions also show up. Don't wanna miss when someone is asking a question,
All other notifications are hidden to me and I can't see my follower count either. Users can see them from other instances and if I do get curious I can go look at my profile in my browser's Incognito mode, but I don't see it in my day-to-day neither do I see the amounts of faves and repeats on posts when I look at them—again with the exception of such activities from the people mentioned in that particular post.

(And by "mention in the post" I also mean if I reply to them but their username isn't actually in the post body text itself.)

The reasoning

I'm reading a book called "Stolen Focus" and I just read the chapter which is all about how some apps like Instagram, gmail and Snapchat were designed by behavioral psychologists to be as addictive as possible but how that can eat away at our attention.

A few months ago I tried turning off all this stuff in Akkoma for a month-long experiment and it was good except that I was missing two things.

One was that I was feeling uncomfy that I couldn't as easily gauge the reactions of the people I was talking to. Was I rude, was it OK, are we good? I felt as if I was at a party with a bucket over my head, talking and dancing but having no idea whether I was hurting other people. A lot of people use the fav feature as the digital equivalent of acknowledging or nodding or smiling, just the subtle cues that make a conversation beyond words.

Two was that other people who saw my profile would realize what a snooty hipster I was for having turned off the follow count. Just because I don't wanna see it doesn't mean I have to inflict that on everyone else.

(Three, but my proposal above doesn't address this, but maybe I should, is that it's somewhat good to know who are following me in case some of them are bad-faith actors. Not that that needs a minute-by-minute notification; going through them once a week might be enough.)

Have you searched for this feature request?

I have double-checked and have not found this feature request mentioned anywhere.
This feature is related to the pleroma-fe Akkoma frontend specifically, and not the backend.

### The idea I get that this shouldn't be the only way for all, just a setting, but here's what I'd love: 1. The only favs and repeats it shows and/or notifies about are the ones from the people mentioned in the post. So if I give `@Alice@instancename` a suggestion, and she favs the post, I get to see that. If she favs some other post, I don't get to see that. 2. Mentions also show up. Don't wanna miss when someone is asking a question, 3. All other notifications are hidden to me and I can't see my follower count either. Users can see them from other instances and if I do get curious I can go look at my profile in my browser's Incognito mode, but I don't see it in my day-to-day neither do I see the amounts of faves and repeats on posts when I look at them—again with the exception of such activities from the people mentioned in that particular post. (And by "mention in the post" I also mean if I reply to them but their username isn't actually in the post body text itself.) ### The reasoning I'm reading a book called "Stolen Focus" and I just read the chapter which is all about how some apps like Instagram, gmail and Snapchat were designed by behavioral psychologists to be as addictive as possible but how that can eat away at our attention. A few months ago I tried turning off all this stuff in Akkoma for a month-long experiment and it was good except that I was missing two things. One was that I was feeling uncomfy that I couldn't as easily gauge the reactions of the people I was talking to. Was I rude, was it OK, are we good? I felt as if I was at a party with a bucket over my head, talking and dancing but having no idea whether I was hurting other people. A lot of people use the fav feature as the digital equivalent of acknowledging or nodding or smiling, just the subtle cues that make a conversation beyond words. Two was that other people who saw my profile would realize what a snooty hipster I was for having turned off the follow count. Just because *I* don't wanna see it doesn't mean I have to inflict that on everyone else. (Three, but my proposal above doesn't address this, but maybe I should, is that it's somewhat good to know who are following me in case some of them are bad-faith actors. Not that that needs a minute-by-minute notification; going through them once a week might be enough.) ### Have you searched for this feature request? - [x] I have double-checked and have not found this feature request mentioned anywhere. - [x] This feature is related to the pleroma-fe Akkoma frontend specifically, and not the backend.