@Gargron
There is no need for it for the software to work. I hope you do not add it.

I get the feeling the demands are mostly from (ex)Twitter users who haven't had the time to get used to here and want to keep their habits.

@Gargron Please don’t. Having been active here for a little while it has become increasingly obvious that there is nothing that quote posts add that cannot be achieved in other, more constructive ways.

You seem to have found an elusive behavioural ‘nudge’ that encourages engagement while discouraging polarisation and tribalism. Don’t let the Twitter influx persuade you to turn Mastodon into another Twitter. Thank you!

@Gargron It's no secret that bad actors on the bird site get their controversial (and often quite vile) posts in front of more people using QR's - how will Mastodon tackle this? My twitter timeline is virtually unreadable because of QR's from well meaning people boosting the worst of the worst, I don't see how limiting who can QR your own tweets isn't going to stop this on Mastodon

@Gargron
I like quotes as they are the meat of a book or what someone said.
It is a good way to learn something in condensed form.

@Gargron @Claydisarray nooooooooooooooo

@gargron :mastosob:

@Gargron would it be possible to give the person quoted some degree of control? For example, if they blocked the quoter, maybe they would no longer show up in the quoted post.

This seems like a compromise that might mitigate the bullying problem a bit.

@Gargron I think it's now effectively a referendum on changing the culture to something with the risks and benefits of Twitter. It seems to me the core aim is to make it easier to use social media for influence, clout, and manipulation vs than "same-level" communication. It'll always be claimed to be for the greater good of course.

One question is whether you want the responsibility for mitigating the known risks of empowering that culture. Or is the next step "helpful" volunteers taking over?

@cecileduflot Ça peut vous intéresser.

@Gargron nice! And please concise network - wide hashtag search. So much content gets lost in some corners here

@Gargron can you start by improving link previews for posts and makes sure that links to Fediverse content federates correctly? This alone would fix much of the issues of QT even without a specific UI

@gargron great 👍

@Gargron I don't much care about quote toots, but boy, I would love to have a better indicator that a post is a reply in a conversation.

@Gargron Thanks, I think they’d add context and texture to discussions here.

@Gargron WHY? If someone gets sober after years of drug abuse and he demands his drug, would you give it to him because "there is a lot of demand"?

@Gargron Hmmm. It took me quite some time to get used to the fact that you can't quote posts.
Now I'm quite happy, that we don't have it here ...

@Gargron Please don’t.

@Gargron thanks. Sometimes i want to explain why i want to boost.

@Gargron Thank you! As an artist, I love Quote retweets to gush about how amazing a piece of art is, and I also love ot when people QRT my work

@Gargron It is the best feature, not to support quote posts. Quote posts are so harmful for discussions. People like it from Twitter as they can jump in into any discussions at an arbitrary point and start discussing a minor part of the whole context.