If you're using Mastodon, you can put your new posts under maximum privacy by doing both of these:
1. Log in through your server's website, go to Edit Profile > Require follow requests, save changes. This means only people you approve can follow you.
2. Set your posts' privacy to "Followers only" when you post them (the setting with the lock 🔒 logo). You can make "followers only" default by going to Preferences > Other > Posting Privacy > Followers only.
However, only do this if you are okay with greatly restricting your audience by default. These settings will completely prevent non-followers seeing your new posts (unless you manually select a more public privacy setting when you write them).
Non-followers will not be able to search for followers-only posts, or see them in shares.
Also, bear in mind this privacy setting only applies to your new posts. If you've already posted something as public, that old post will remain public.
@feditips
- For older posts could re-draft and post with new settings for older posts...
- I wonder if importing profile would respect a new profile with new settings after import...
Anyway probably good practise to go over all stuff at some time and delete lots of stuff and realise 'the point of what one is doing here' !
:)
and murks @murks -> it's not really all or nothing or just public totally (although yes do assume so), it's more keeping a little bit of boundary which Mastodon does have design for... like not seeing ALL followers publicly in list >_< ...which I think I recommend as default while still keeping functionality in a many good ways.
- It's good people can use Mastodon more openly but for dedicated focus and more quality follows (I think people quickly get lost in following everyone / too many good people) it still allows anyone to message you which is perhaps main part.
@freeschool @feditips Regarding following too many people, that is easy to prevent. Just look at their posts, see whether what they write is what you like to read. Consequently, if someone you follow writes too much stuff you don't care about, then unfollow, it's that easy.
@murks @feditips
- What if you like all of them / there are many / they are all mostly good?
- It's my guess it's far easier to follow then keep track and unfollow... but yes it's possible and good practice according to your own known abilities and limits (maybe you can do it but others are not as good to unfollow for example, or at least for me might be the case).
So only easy for some.
It applies to your main timeline, but not to their profile.
@freeschool @murks
Another option, is if you enjoy someone's posts but they boost too much stuff, you can mute just their boosts:
https://mstdn.social/@feditips/108573184275209849