@Gargron Not a fan either. If anything, could it be done in such a way that I would have the choice to turn it off?

@Gargron Perhaps changing the format for quote posts is something to consider, I think the way Twitter does it highlights the original post far too much.

It should give enough context for the readers without attracting too much attention to the original post.

@Gargron I’d personally rather not see it. I feel like the lack of quote posts has helped shape the friendliness of Mastodon when compared to Twitter.

@Gargron I must acknowledge that I miss them here. Happy New Year!

@Gargron If you can choose to opt-out, this feature could be huge! 👍

@Gargron That's real cool to hear! One of the things that I disliked about Mastodon when I first encountered it about 5 years ago was the lack of an ability to boost someone's post while writing it on your timeline, or to put your own reply on your own timeline with their post for context when you wanted people to see it. I think any sort of functionality that allows that sort of interplay, even if it's just the ability to link replies to your own timeline and have it show the post you're replying to for context, would really facilitate that sort of content.

@Gargron I‘d love to be able to quote posting this

@Gargron

quote posts are here already on the most clients, if you link a toot, it will show all the content in the preview card.

so there is not a lot of a difference, expect missing notifications.

@Gargron please don’t. We all survived for many year at the other place without QT but the place went downhill fast when they were introduced. The journalists especially can do their jobs without and report what a person has said rather than stick an editorial rider above it. And organisers of pile-ons can’t direct their troops onto the hapless — a bit of inconvenience is a small price to pay for eliminating that grotesqueness.

@Gargron yes please, omg

@Gargron I don't quite get it. If I want (I rarely do) to quote post, I'll use my Friendica Account. People of Mastodon can follow me there, too. You know the German proverb: "Schlafende Hunde wecken", don't you?

@Gargron Please don't. It's a slippery slope to recreating just another Twitter clone.

The great thing about Mastodon is that people actually engage in conversations with each other. The lack of quote posts encourages that.

How about a "Boost and reply" button instead so that people can boost a post and reply to it with a single click.

@Gargron
Noooooooo !!! Please !

@Gargron I am incredibly against them as they breed toxicity and just act as a way to try and put people out of context to your audience

@Gargron
We are good if there're not quotes...

@Gargron maybe it can be done differently. For example „boosting comment” - so somebody is commenting, but marking field and orginal post is apearing on their timeline with their comment as new toot, and same comment is under orinal post as part of discussion? Just a thought 😅

@Gargron

by coincidence, I just wrote a blog post yesterday analysing some of the most popular arguments for QTs. Maybe this is of interest.

https://write.as/ulrikehahn/scrutinising-popular-arguments-for-quote-tweets-on-mastodon-an-argumentation

@Gargron I see both sides. I think it has a lot of negative effects but I do miss commenting on things I share that aren't dunky/flamey.

@Gargron That's great. Your original statement about why you rejected them makes no sense and doesn't fit at all with the direct experience of many users who have experienced the worst online harassment. Quote-posting was *not* the driver of harassment you think it was, and serves many, many useful curatorial and educational functions for scientists, as just one example.

@Gargron Time and again I feel that I need quote posts here, but eventually I find it exciting and refreshing to deal with them missing.

Because they sure will surface some bad behavior of me... Maybe you should be able to toggle off quotes for yourself, too, so you have a threshold and are less tempted.
Maybe it should ask you before quoting if you are about to say something nice, and if not if you wouldn't rather just block the person.

But I am happy for all those quote enthuasiasts if the feature is coming. Thank you for your efforts anyway :)