It speaks to the medium that someone shouting nonsense can absorb so much of the thread

On most platforms if a post's author replies to a reply, that will boost it above others. Admittedly I don't use mastodon and can't spot how many replies that post actually received (I see 25 boosts, 0 quotes, 21 favourites, but not the number of replies/comments)

	▲	jddj 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This would make sense. And would make their repeatly taking the bait even more regrettable

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gowld 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Does mastodon or whatever that UI is not have a way to block someone from appearing on the main commenter's own feed?

This thread is hosted on GrapheneOS's server so I'd assume GrapheneOS team could block multimilliardaire https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115584160910016309

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65 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Goes to show the fundamental UX design flaws of Mastodon and Twitter. If it were on Hacker News or Reddit it would be instantly downvoted. Even if the OP replied to the comment, it would still be buried. But because of how Mastodon and Twitter are designed, if the OP replies it will get amplified.