Post #1811934
2026-04-01 18:26 UTC
Replies (8)
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@Brendanjones@fosstodon.org 2026-04-01 18:36
@imanijoy I almost never set notifications on for profiles. I have it on for I think 3 accounts out of the 800ish I follow, and it’s a once-off action to turn it on. So definitely not a primary action. Starting a post while viewing a profile (i.e. mentioning) I do slightly more. But mentioning doesn’t need to a unique action, right? If you’re viewing a profile and you hit the create post button, then the person should be automatically mentioned. Follow/unfollow is still primary, imho.
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@katzentratschen@mastodon.social 2026-04-01 18:43
@imanijoy Would there be a "You follow" / "Follows you" / "You follow each other" badge for each option or for some options? If there is such a badge, I'd definitely prefer option B. But if there isn't, I'd stick with A.
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@lykso@tiny.tilde.website 2026-04-01 18:55
@imanijoy It seems to me like the "follow" button would act as a toggle, so having "unfollow" in a different place feels like "moving" the button. Further, in the proposed alternatives, I now have to infer the meaning of an icon on a much smaller, not-so-centrally-located button when I've not yet demonstrated an ability to do so. The current design seems to me much more intuitive than the proposed changes.
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@katzentratschen@mastodon.social 2026-04-01 19:49
@imanijoy For clarification: Are options B and C private mentions or just regular mentions?
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@phl@mastodon.social 2026-04-01 21:10
@imanijoy My problem with B and C is that they change the button's meaning (or in a different interpretation: its location) even if it's probably a good idea to de-emphasise Unfollow.
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@soulcutter@ruby.social 2026-04-02 00:55
@imanijoy option A: Unfollow. Keeping parity with where the “Follow” button is, is all good and fine. My true reason is that I think it encourages the behavior of curating who they follow by making it easy. It may be counter-intuitive, but I believe that curation is one of the most important aspects of a social network
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@katzenberger@tldr.nettime.org 2026-04-02 07:03
@imanijoy "Languages" as optional primary; "Unfollow" as primary/secondary depending on "Languages"; notifications as secondary/tertiary. I'd make new followers realize somebody is posting in multiple languages, instead of having them follow and unfollow soon afterwards, because they're unaware that feature exists, and mistakenly believe they either get all posts in all languages, or none.
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@vorboyvo@mstdn.isometry.group 2026-04-24 21:00
@imanijoy While i like the idea of options B and C, i think anything but option A would be too jarring of a break from the flow for someone you do follow. for instance you wouldn't be able to just click again to unfollow someone you accidentally followed, which would be confusing imk