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Site staff can see followers only posts

chandrn7 edited this page Jun 30, 2021 · 1 revision

On Smalltown, site staff can see followers-only posts even if they don’t follow a user.

Why

On Mastodon, if site staff aren't following a user, site staff can't see a user's followers-only posts. Site staff should be able to see all posts that aren’t direct messages. Just because a user is restricting posts to their followers doesn’t mean they aren’t speaking to a large audience or are incapable of doing harm. Twitter and Facebook can see my posts, even if they are marked as followers-only. Site staff on Smalltown should be able to as well.

How

Site staff can go to any user’s profile or the public timelines (Local and Federated) and see posts marked followers-only.