Mastodon doesn’t have a “watch post” feature, but imagine another #ActivityPub server such as #wordpress were to implement it…
Which interaction would you prefer / make most sense to trigger a watch?
(To Start receiving replies)
@humanetech @MediaFormat @zap @weex@mstdn.social We have a related issue and some work has been done on it but as there are many other problems to solve it needs a champion (i.e. Ecko user or admin) to help drive it to completion. https://github.com/magicstone-dev/ecko/issues/266
@MediaFormat @weex@c4.social @humanetech @zap @weex@mstdn.social
Follow{Note} would make sense if you wish to just start receiving replies without any side effects. Likes, boosts, and replies have a side effect of also registering you as watching this post.
In Smithereen it works such that all new replies and likes are forwarded to everyone else who has replied or liked. I don't support doing boosts, I only accept and display them and do so for compatibility with Mastodon.
@grishka thanks for the details!
@weex@c4.social @humanetech @zap @weex@mstdn.social agreed, it would be great to see a FEP for this. @grishka also mentioned implementing a version of this in #smithereen