Test toot to work out why I saw 'show thread' earlier.

This is a reply to my test toot, for testing something out.

@design_RG @globcoco @freemo

Now this is interesting, If I make a toot, and reply to it, I get a show thread message.

I don't get this if I reply to messages from other people.

Is anyone able to confirm this.

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@zleap @design_RG @globcoco @freemo

QOTO differs from vanilla Mastodon in its post length limit. While we enjoy 64kchar of space, users on the flagship instance get only five hundred. So to post a longer message, a vanilla user will break it into chunks ≤500 characters each and post each chunk as a reply to the previous one. That "show thread" link pops up to make it clear the post is possibly dependent on another for context.

If you reply to a message from someone else, your reply isn't published to the local timeline (although it may show up in your followers' home timelines). Self-replies, however, do show up in the local timeline unless prevented by privacy settings. So the need to warn about hidden context is much less for cross-replies than for self-replies).

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