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[Feature/Suggestion]: Change "Home" visibility to "Unlisted" #9781

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What feature would you like implemented?

Instead of calling the particular visibility setting "Home", we could call it "Unlisted", like Mastodon does.

Why should we add this feature?

OK, one obvious advantage would be familiarity for users coming from Mastodon, and also easier communication with Mastodon users (like when we changed "renote" to "boost", which I think turned out to be good choice). But most of all, I think that calling it "Home" is confusing. To begin with, these posts do not appear in Home only! They also appear in Social (and this has nothing to do with the recent change, that's how it was since the beginning in Calckey). And it's not easy for new users to understand what it practically means, before they are familiar with the 4-5 timelines. Also, if we add custom timelines at some point, it will make it even more confusing. OTOH, "Unlisted" is a little more descriptive and easier to understand. It's not ideal either, but I think it makes more sense: Public post, not listed in generic local-global timelines.
Open to other ideas, if you have any! Although Unlisted is an already established term, so it also has that going for it.

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electricrequiem.com

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### What feature would you like implemented? Instead of calling the particular visibility setting "Home", we could call it "Unlisted", like Mastodon does. ### Why should we add this feature? OK, one obvious advantage would be familiarity for users coming from Mastodon, and also easier communication with Mastodon users (like when we changed "renote" to "boost", which I think turned out to be good choice). But most of all, I think that calling it "Home" is confusing. To begin with, these posts do not appear in Home only! They also appear in Social (and this has nothing to do with the recent change, that's how it was since the beginning in Calckey). And it's not easy for new users to understand what it practically means, before they are familiar with the 4-5 timelines. Also, if we add custom timelines at some point, it will make it even more confusing. OTOH, "Unlisted" is a little more descriptive and easier to understand. It's not ideal either, but I think it makes more sense: Public post, not listed in generic local-global timelines. Open to other ideas, if you have any! Although Unlisted is an already established term, so it also has that going for it. ### Version 13.2-dev11 ### Instance electricrequiem.com ### What browser are you using? Firefox ### Relevant log output _No response_ ### Contribution Guidelines - [x] I agree to follow this project's Contribution Guidelines

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