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

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

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@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.

@zleap

yes. i confirm you're right.

[show thread] shows when the poster had post something earlier and continue to post at same timeline. have nothing to do with follow this person or not.
and it doesn't show up after you replied other people.

@design_RG @globcoco @freemo

@Sphinx @design_RG @globcoco @freemo

So is that the 'expected' behaviour or should that happen to any reply so it is easier to follow conversations.

@zleap

If someone replies in the middle of your sequence it will break it -- so try to prepare and be fast if posting something in multiple parts.

@Sphinx @globcoco @freemo

@zleap

WE can also Kill their replies -- just got to your last reply, above theirs, and Delete/redraft it. Then just hit save, no changes. The post goes back in, theirs is in limbo, lost in space.

Great to get rid of annoyances. off topic, etc.

@Sphinx @globcoco @freemo

@zleap

I noticed that using Pinafore made me feel easier to follow conversations. :byebrows:
@design_RG @globcoco @freemo

@Sphinx

It is so much BETTER and Faster.

Plus -- DMs all in one place too. Plus -- 12 instances configed here.

@zleap @globcoco @freemo

@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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