@scott@loves.tech @Christian-Stange @mro@digitalcourage.social I think I disagree that a conversation need mark that it is a “forum”. It explicitly flags that the thread is different from microblogging, but why shouldn’t microblogs mark their conversations instead (I ask purely to play devil’s advocate because it isn’t feasible nor realistic)?
Especially in this case when you yourself said it’s a cultural problem (💯 agreed btw), the distinction is especially meaningless to the end user, who doesn’t give two cents whether they’re replying to a microblog or not.
@scott@loves.tech I think it’s a neat thing to show the software icon next to a post.
… but at the same time, think about who you want to use your software. Software geeks? Totally on board with that.
… but everyday people won’t know what they’re even looking at, and this (among other items people constantly bring up re: explaining ActivityPub) is all stuff that should be abstracted away from the end user.
It’s not a matter of “before Mastodon” and “after Mastodon”, at all.