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Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon (blog.joinmastodon.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You will be able to choose whether your posts can be quoted at all.
You will be notified when someone quotes you.
You will be able to withdraw your post from the quoted context at any time.

To me this sounds like the right way of doing it. Quote posts have always been kinda a hot topic on Mastodon. Some people want them while others absolutely do not. So best just let everyone to decide for themselves.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Fedi Gatekeepers are still bound to hate it. So I think it's important for people who support this feature to be vocal about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I never understood why exactly it's such a controversial topic. It's my third year on Mastodon, and I've never felt the service was lacking just because not having proper quote posts. But then, I also don't understand most of the arguments against them, especially when/if they're implemented as an opt-in for the original poster.

Basically, people on both sides seem angry over nothing, and I'm just like, 'Neat, a new feature. Anyway...'