@Gargron When I first signed up for Mastodon, I missed the ability to quote post. Now, after being an active user for several months, I absolutely see the value in not having them. I really think that implementing the feature, even with an opt-out method, would be a liability and not an asset.

Generally speaking, I'm of a "the more features, the better," mindset, but this one will invariably be used for dogpiling, insults, harassment, and the incidental promotion of hate speech. I also think it's a privacy concern. As of now, you can simply delete any of your posts. Of course they can be screenshotted or whatever, but a quote post feature might make it harder to get rid of an old post you no longer want online.

Even Jack Dorsey and the guy who created the Quote Tweet regretted implementing it and couldn't do anything to walk it back or reduce the damage: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/how-the-retweet-ruined-the-internet

I think it's great to entertain any ideas, and it's cool of you to consider this. I just wanted to offer my 2¢.

@dansup lol wtf. Why do these people think "free speech" = no social consequences? Thank you for doing what you can and putting up with these clowns to help keep your instance/platform free of hate speech for the rest of us who just wanna look at cat pics and fan art in peace. :ablobcatbongo:

I'm really sorry for your loss, @dansup. Please make sure to practice self care. ❤️​