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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why are there so many comments that start with "@five"? I feel like there's something about how the site works that I'm misunderstanding. Isn't the user who posted the article automatically notified when someone posts a comment?

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think that's from mastodon users, and how mastodon works when replying. I haven't personally used mastodon though, so someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's correct. @aral@mastodon.ar.al discovered and boosted the post, and it snowballed across the Tootiverse. They're all pinging @Five because that's how Mastodon does post replies.

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    It's somewhat annoying but also really interesting that the two interop relatively well due to their use of a common protocol (ActivityPub). I mean imagine Twitter users being able to browse and comment on Reddit posts directly on Twitter - that's essentially what's happening.

    It's probably not too difficult to modify Lemmy to hide mentions that are at the start of a comment, which would solve the issue.

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