@Gargron this is probably my single biggest issue with this platform. maybe 10% of quotes get used like that, every other time it's either to boost engagement while providing commentary, to get more people involved in a discussion while not necessarily endorsing (as reposts are often interpreted), or just to ask a question that's too tangential to the original post

quotes don't crush discussion. they promote it.

@dansup @vantablack idk if this is an extreme take but I feel like the people opposed to federating with meta are drawing a line in the sand that they want the fediverse to fail, straight up. establishing a culture of preemptively blocking any large instance because they are large is extremely dangerous

like it's not possible for the fediverse to grow without getting adopted in this way, so to explicitly oppose growth means to me that you oppose federation as a concept. what am I missing?

@dansup @pixelfed I have to admit this is my first time hearing of misskey. is it another twitter-like, but targeted at a japanese audience? that would make sense (twitter is huge in japan) but I just want to make sure I have that right