@nellie_m@adelinej@chevalier26@actuallyautistic Just wanted to add another perspective - I sometimes remove the group tag from a reply because I do not want my reply boosted for others to see for many reasons. Please, please let people choose what level of exposure they’re comfortable with, otherwise they will feel they’re not allowed to reply to posts with a tag 🙏
Example reasons:
My reply is personal to you or me.
I may currently be overwhelmed and can’t handle extra people jumping in on a conversation all at once, especially if it’s personal in nature.
Some may not want exposure to the group tag at all, but may want to reply. Especially true if just a follower of the account, not the tag.
Etc. 💗
From my perspective, I am usually fine if people find my comment via the original post’s comment list, I just don’t want to boost to a much larger audience all at once. I choose the level of visibility for my posts and replies, and prefer ‘unlisted’ so this is possible. I know I can choose different options and further limit the visibility, but I don’t always wish to.
What I love about Mastodon is that lets people have control over their content in this way.