idk i have Thoughts about reply distribution

content/app/ideas.md

@@ -48,4 +48,85 @@ object: https://alice.social/rooms/1
 to: https://alice.social/rooms/1/audience
 content: "hello room"
 context: https://alice.social/rooms/1/context
+```
+
+## distribution model
+
+[tldr i should choose if i want my reply to go to my followers, or their followers, or just them, or all of the above, or whatever]
+
+direct addressing should be better supported
+
+alice makes a post and sends it to her followers or whatever. optionally it can be made available to the public?
+
+```yaml
+id: alice.example/54078934249073290847321094/activity/1
+actor: alice.example
+type: Create
+object:
+  id: alice.example/54078934249073290847321094
+  type: Note
+  content: "hello world"
+  audience: Public  # could be alice.example/followers instead
+cc: [alice.example/followers, Public]
+```
+
+bob replies to alice, they send that to alice only, and *maybe* optionally to their followers. **this should be up to the user (bob).**
+
+```yaml
+id: bob.example/94378256423895476238954/activity/1
+actor: bob.example
+type: Create
+object:
+  id: bob.example/94378256423895476238954
+  type: Note
+  inReplyTo: alice.example/54078934249073290847321094
+  content: "hi i'm bob"
+  audience: Public
+to: [alice.example]
+cc: [alice.example/followers, bob.example/followers]  # alice's followers will be inbox-forwarded if alice allows it
+```
+
+alice can then choose to redistribute that reply. **this should be up to the recipient (alice)** and also **this should be made clear to the replier (bob)**
+
+```yaml
+id: alice.example/7659804769058743906/activity/1
+actor: alice.example
+type: Announce
+object: bob.example/94378256423895476238954
+cc: [alice.example/followers, bob.example]
+```
+
+note that alice might allow bob's replies to be automatically redistributed, if alice trusts bob.
+
+bob may not want his reply to be redistributed though
+
+```yaml
+id: bob.example/15789436589346/activity/1
+actor: bob.example
+type: Create
+object:
+  id: bob.example/15789436589346  # may be excluded but could be better to explicitly specify as null. if provided, will return 401 Not Authorized if you do HTTP GET
+  type: Note
+  inReplyTo: alice.example/54078934249073290847321094
+  content: "i'm gay. don't tell anyone"
+  audience: alice.example
+to: [alice.example]
+```
+
+alice can reply to bob's private reply, but no one else can see that reply
+
+bob might also make his reply explicitly anonymous and transient by using id: null or not providing id
+
+alice's reply SHOULD NOT target her followers, although she is capable of doing so. **this should be an explicit decision.**
+
+### maybe objects shouldn't be inlined tho
+
+spritely magenc golem ocappub etc etc etc
+
+```yaml
+id: alice.example/54078934249073290847321094/activity/1
+actor: alice.example
+type: Create
+object: alice.example/54078934249073290847321094  # how to fetch this?
+cc: [alice.example/followers, Public]
 ```