Bringing this highly requested feature to #Mastodon and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming.
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Bringing this highly requested feature to #Mastodon and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming. Here is our latest write-up about our progress:
Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon
Sharing our thinking and progress on bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon, with a goal to create a safe and respectful space for everyone.
Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
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Bringing this highly requested feature to #Mastodon and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming. Here is our latest write-up about our progress:
Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon
Sharing our thinking and progress on bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon, with a goal to create a safe and respectful space for everyone.
Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
It's about time. This will make many of my posts calling attention to artwork and projects by others much more effective. I've been very frustrated with how difficult it is to do this ever since I joined.
Simply boosting and commenting then boosting the comment isn't the same.
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It's about time. This will make many of my posts calling attention to artwork and projects by others much more effective. I've been very frustrated with how difficult it is to do this ever since I joined.
Simply boosting and commenting then boosting the comment isn't the same.
One other use case:
I sometimes want to share political news, but it's not tagged with "us pol" and I promised those who follow me I'd use that tag unless it was really important. Or there is a funny image with no alt text.
The ability to add context means more things will get shared.
Heck, I know people who don't share my posts with insect photos because they have a few people who follow them who are scared of insects. This is a more elegant solution.
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One other use case:
I sometimes want to share political news, but it's not tagged with "us pol" and I promised those who follow me I'd use that tag unless it was really important. Or there is a funny image with no alt text.
The ability to add context means more things will get shared.
Heck, I know people who don't share my posts with insect photos because they have a few people who follow them who are scared of insects. This is a more elegant solution.
@futurebird @MastodonEngineering Yes, adding cw or burying an offensive image in link preview is a huge feature.
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@futurebird @MastodonEngineering Yes, adding cw or burying an offensive image in link preview is a huge feature.
Every person on here is a little part of the algorithm and we all do things to be considerate and make what we post meaningful and relevant to people we talk to regularly.
There has been so much worry about "abuse" (which is really mitigated by the quality of the participants in a community and everyone being listened to more than tech) many may be blindsided by the upside.
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Every person on here is a little part of the algorithm and we all do things to be considerate and make what we post meaningful and relevant to people we talk to regularly.
There has been so much worry about "abuse" (which is really mitigated by the quality of the participants in a community and everyone being listened to more than tech) many may be blindsided by the upside.
@futurebird @dalias @MastodonEngineering
> I sometimes want to share political news, but it's not tagged with "us pol"Yes! I've wanted to do exactly that quite a lot recently
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@futurebird @dalias @MastodonEngineering
> I sometimes want to share political news, but it's not tagged with "us pol"Yes! I've wanted to do exactly that quite a lot recently
@jbowen @futurebird @MastodonEngineering I have a slightly less stringent personal rule never to boost anything with either of their faces shown in the link preview, which quoting should also take care of.
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@jbowen @futurebird @MastodonEngineering I have a slightly less stringent personal rule never to boost anything with either of their faces shown in the link preview, which quoting should also take care of.
@dalias @jbowen @MastodonEngineering
Yeah, I don't see why I should help keep people who do nothing but harm famous and important seeming in ways that go beyond the harm that they do and any effort to stop them.
Which is why I really don't want to hear any gossip about a whole collection of names that dominate the news. This seems to be part of what keeps them powerful and I don't know why more people can't see this.
