lily @lily

hi can people stop complaining about repost chains please. it really bugs me, since it’s meta about people just having fun. there is, as far as i’m aware, no strain on the servers from doing it (i would imagine they’re simply a reference to the post, which is then dereferenced n times for the api representation). on the website, you have to explicitly click to reveal sub-posts, meaning it’s your fault if it gets large, and you can reload if it screws up your layout. as for wasteof for android, you can just Not Look At The Post. that’s an option. sure, it’s a little bit annoying to scroll past, but you are using a third party client (even if it’s labelled official), that isn’t developed by jeffalo. it’s also probably on micah’s to-do list. additionally, like tumblr, reposting is the only way to add a comment to something while making show as an original post. jeffalo could do like tumblr did and change the post to show on the same layer as the original post, meaning it doesn’t fuck up the layout the further in the post gets. then, there could just be a view more button like the current implementation.

Feb 21, 2024, 8:40 PM
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You’re main argument is “It’s fun for people” and “You can scroll past it and “ignore it”

reading comprehension skill issue

+1. if you want to discuss something that will make it difficult for other people to use the site, use comments, where only the people who want to have to scroll past your conversations.

the only way to actually make your response seen to your followers shouldn’t make the site difficult to use. of course people are going to see the post multiple times, that’s how reposting works. i really don’t understand why this is an issue, you scroll past posts you don’t like all the time

yeah but scrolling past 40+ posts in like 24 hours is a bit excessive (each one is quite long too)

also jeffalo has said he would rather people don't create such long repost chains and it's his website so he should definitely be able to add limits if he wants to🤷‍♂️