It used to not bother me, if you don’t want it public on the web, don’t post it on the web. But, other platforms (#diaspora, #pumpio, #friendica, ...) have it working and working well. And the more I see/use it elsewhere, the more I feel it’s severely needed in StatusNet. But, since I really have no control, I’m losing interest.
Hopefully, the #GNUSocial team will consider this as top priority. Otherwise, meh.
And, I’m not posting this as a “XYZ” platform is better then “ZYX”. There’s too much of that crap going on in the fediverse as it is. This is honestly a serious problem with the software in my opinion.