@remindme Hi @atasfun,
first of all thx for your remindme tool.
It's really useful!
I just looked at the profile and saw that "obviously" all reminders are publicly visible, unless we add "dm", and there for are displayed in the answers stream of the bot.
To me that look's kinda not so perfect or privacy aware and I wonder if "dm" shouldn't be the case by default.
In any case a "public" option should be added willingly I guess.
Actually the bot could be used to spam and all the people that also follow a post as they are basically reminded unwillingly too.
Well considering while writing I guess only DM should be possible.
@utopiarte@tutorial@remindme thanks for your comment. One of the features I'm considering is to have the bot reply in the same privacy level as the reminder message itself. For example, if the request is public (unlisted), the reminder would also be public (unlisted). And similarly for dms.
@remindme@atasfun
As an example, this account is located on a #friendica server. friendica speaks #activtyPub, as many other software out there, yet it behaves different than #mastodon. For example it delivers notifications when other profiles comment on a post this profile commented on. So if someone else set's a reminder, unless it's done in DM mode, this profile will get a notification as for any other comment. Your bot is really useful but you should have in mind that it will interact with the whole #fediVese, not only mastodon. Over here for example at least in this version there is no option to change the publishing level to unlisted, followers only or DM. You just reply the same way the post or respective reply is set to. So there is no option to reply in DM mode for example.
From a #privacy point of view and considering hat most people aren't to tec savy I definitely consider you should set the default to DM and in any case create the option to request e.g "only followers 1 day", "unlisted 1 day" and/or "public 1 day" specifically. Other wise you expose the people to become "game" for data miners that simply have to check your toots and answers stream to pick up users and their interests. The fediVerse is very privacy aware and in my opinion you'll definitely earn respect by the community if you are excessively aware, careful and respectful on that matter.
@remindme@atasfun
Are you aware of Tony Buzan (Mindmaps) and his considerations mentioning studies about how to learn and what repetition sequence people should use to learn easily?
Add comment