@Gargron I don’t see any good reason to enable quote posts and some strong reasons not to. I’d go even further and crack down on screencap posts that are used for the same nasty hatchet job.

@gargron simply don't!

They just want you to clone #birdsite with its negative effects.

@Gargron don’t!

@Gargron best thing ever. I wish I could quote RT this:)

@Gargron Should be opt-in by original poster?

@Gargron I have a question concerning governance and guidelines: Who actually decides on this exactly? According to which criteria?

@Gargron would love to see them.

@Gargron Oh please, don’t!

@Gargron people post links to toots and bypass to achieve the same outcome… I dislike quote tooting, too, but a managed approach is preferable imho

@Gargron please don’t

@Gargron that's a shame. You'll regret it so quickly

@Gargron I sincerely hope you won't do it. The absense of quotposting is an important part of why Mastodon is so much better than the birdsite imo. People can achieve the same by rebooting and replying. QT is about self-promoting huge egos. 🙏

@Gargron I like mastodon for how it encourages original posting not making remarks on other’s post. Personally not a fan of quote boosts. May make citing easier so people can comment on toots on timelines when needed?

@Gargron
My contribution : quote post should be allowed profile by profile. If I trust a profile, I can allow it to quote my posts.

We should be able to quote all posts issued by bots.

@Gargron cc: @taylorlorenz

@Gargron it'll be hundreds and hundreds of quote-boosts that just say "yep" "this" "same" . It will dilute out the actually interesting, unique content that makes this place special now. If they say they're "thinking about it" then it's already going to happen, which is really too bad. It was one of my favorite things here.

@Gargron Prediction: With the quote-function, Mastodon will finally become "Twitter without the ads, but with all the hate" 🙄

@Gargron I believe there's an item in the tracker for it? And it includes settings in the account "allow quote posts" and per toot settings "account default/allow quote/disallow quote"?

That would be giving people options.

@Gargron how about opting in or out (which would also show/hide QTs from display) and auto opt out if you have less than certain number of followers, and maybe a trial period.

@Gargron
I recently read that the lack of this feature is responsible for the other demeanour of people here. You can't toot just to your bubble, everything you toot is visible for all, this makes it harder to rally warriors against others. With that in mind, I think it's better to continue to do without it.

By the way: Thanks for this wonderful platform. I'm amazed about the decent and civilized exchange here. For me, this makes it a place where I like to take part in. 🙏 🙏 🙏