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NiceMicro

Fedi citizens, what do you think the best way to handle replies to messages / threads which have many "@" mentions in them? I am always annoyed when people tag me in a thread even when only two people are chatting and the thread became irrelevant for me.

boosts for coverage and suggestions are appreciated.

@nicemicro I decide on a case by case basis but in general I keep most of the mentions.

@nicemicro You can’t predict whether others will participate. So it makes sense to keep everyong tagged for the first couple msgs then cut them out a few msgs deep.

@digitalRightsNinja that seems good … from my perspective as someone who is rarely in conversation with _many_ individuals.

I sometimes put a person's ID at or near the foot as a carbon copy recipient, for example

Cc @nicemicro