•  Five   ( @Five@slrpnk.net ) OP
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      168 months ago

      That’s correct. @aral@mastodon.ar.al discovered and boosted the post, and it snowballed across the Tootiverse. They’re all pinging @Five because that’s how Mastodon does post replies.

        •  dan   ( @dan@upvote.au ) 
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          98 months ago

          It’s somewhat annoying but also really interesting that the two interop relatively well due to their use of a common protocol (ActivityPub). I mean imagine Twitter users being able to browse and comment on Reddit posts directly on Twitter - that’s essentially what’s happening.

          It’s probably not too difficult to modify Lemmy to hide mentions that are at the start of a comment, which would solve the issue.