@silverpill
When I'm replying to my own "followers" visibility post, the reply doesn't seem to get sent to other instances because the "conversation" visibility is selected by default. What's the difference between them?
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@silverpill
I sent messages to Misskey and Mastodon accounts to test it and found that all the messages sent were actually "Direct" visibility......(So the reply I send to myself should be like this too 
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@umemu Mastodon doesn't support conversation visibility, its implementation of followers-only is not correct and it leaks parts of conversation to unintended audiences. We can't do the same, so unfortunately compatibility with Mastodon in that regard is limited.
Misskey probably copied followers-only implementation from Mastodon
@umemu
- Conversation: the reply will have the same visibility as the first post in the thread.
- Followers: the reply will be visible to your followers.
When you reply to your own followers-only post, these scopes have the same meaning, although there is a difference on the protocol level.
I just tested it on my instance, in both cases activities are sent as expected. If your peers didn't receive the message, it might be because they don't support conversation visibility.