If I reply to a post from someone who doesn't follow me, and set the post privacy to "followers only" is Mastodon smart enough to include the mentioned people in the privacy or will it just be hidden?

Edit: resolved - the answer is yes, mentioned people can see it

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@cato mentioned ppl can always see the post

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@cato @noiob (which can be a trap in DMs: if you tag someone in a DM, they can read it!)

@HeNeArXn @noiob ahaha, yeah makes sense! That must have caused a few issues I'm sure. But yeah, they're not "DMs" so much as "very limited posts"

@HeNeArXn @cato yeah, DMs are just posts with the privacy set to no one

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