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Hmm, I would have thought a post starting with @mention would not be visible on the main timeline but only under posts and replies but apparently not.

I guess it’s “full attention of everyone following you” or “direct message.” Would be nice to have “public but I’m not shouting it to all my followers” as the default for @mentions.

@aral Just to check, have you spotted the "change post privacy" button?

Aral Balkan

@Cheeseness Yep. Tried unlisted but still saw it listed in the main timeline (at least for me). Been using it for what, seven years now? You’d think it’d be more intuitive by now 🤔

@aral Hmm! How long ago was that? I can hunt through my "home" feed for it if it's helpful to know what a follower sees

@Cheeseness Let me do a test (I ended up sending that as a DM)