Thanks, Angus! You’re of course right to point out that there isn’t just a Discourse-to-Mastodon relationship here.
The plan all makes sense, all four steps.
How are you thinking we should do the “encouraging”? We could introduce a simple configuration choice where the admin picks between:
- announcement style publication (first post, article, public)
- full conversation (full topic, note, public)
- advanced (exposes the three existing dropdowns so admin can pick their own mix)
I think this can work, along with some helpful tips/language.