Diaspora/Diaspora

When I post something publicly, who can see it?

Anyone using the internet can potentially see a post you mark public, so make sure you really do want your post to be public. It’s a great way of reaching out to the world.

How can other people find my public post?

Your public posts will appear in the streams of anyone following you. If you included #tags in your public post, anyone following those tags will find your post in their streams. Every public post also has a specific URL that anyone can view, even if they’re not logged in – thus public posts may be linked to directly from Twitter, blogs, etc. Public posts may also be indexed by search engines.

Who can comment on, reshare, or like my public post?

Any logged-in diaspora* user can comment on, reshare, or like your public post. The exception to this is people you have ignored, who won’t be able to like or comment on your posts.

When I comment on, reshare, or like a public post, who can see it?

Comments, likes, and reshares of public posts are also public. Any logged-in diaspora* user and anyone else on the internet can see your interactions with a public post.

What happens when I deselect one or more aspects in the left-hand column when making a public post?

Deselecting aspects does not affect a public post. It will still be public and will appear in the streams of all of your contacts. To make a post visible only to specific aspects, you need to select those aspects from the aspect selector under the publisher.

Resharing posts

Can I reshare a public post to selected aspects?

No, when you reshare a public post it automatically becomes one of your public posts. To share it with certain aspects, copy and paste the contents of the post into a new, limited post.

Can I reshare a private post to selected aspects?

No, it is not possible to reshare any private post. This is to respect the intentions of the original poster, who shared it only with a particular group of people.

Sharing

What happens when I add someone to one of my aspects, or when someone adds me to one of their aspects?

Let’s say that Amy adds Ben to an aspect, but Ben has not (yet) added Amy to an aspect:

Ben will receive a notification that Amy has “started sharing” with Ben.

Amy will start to see Ben’s public posts in her stream.