If you're on Hubzilla or (streams), and you've grokked it enough to use it accordingly, then you can actually post content in private to only selected users.

There are two common fallacies. One, the Fediverse is inherently private because it isn't corporate. Two, the Fediverse is inherently public because everything on Mastodon or Lemmy or whatever is the only Fediverse project you're familiar with is public.

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're on Hubzilla or (streams), and you've grokked it enough to use it accordingly, then you can actually post content in private to only selected users.

Okay, but then Meta won’t be able to see it even if you federate with Threads (unless you share the content with Threads users), so I still don’t see your point.

[–] JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

My point is that not everything in the Fediverse is public. Unlike what Mastodon and Lemmy users keep claiming because that's all they know.

[–] scott@authorship.studio 1 points 7 hours ago

@Jupiter Rowland The public stream, if turned on, would only show the public posts. Not the private ones.