@Gargron Well we have reblogging/boosting. And in a way we have quoting in form of sharing the url to a post.

I also agree. Drückos suck.

@Gargron I see the intention behind it but still it is some way to control how people use communication and the fact that it has ben misused often does not purely justify to solely abandon it.

and yes - I also used it to speak to "may audience" often - but mostly to prove some posts wrong with adding facts directly to the related post

sometimes it was to agree on posts by adding additional information to it and/or reactions which gave also the original poster more value

just my 2 cents

@Gargron Thanks for explanation. I've been missing that feature, but I see the wisdom of your choice now!

@Gargron good decision. You can still reply and boost your own post to make it more visible.

@Gargron I agree.

@Gargron @floppy And thank you for not adding a quote feature! The difference between Twitter and Mastodon is like night and day. (I also became a Patreon supporter recently!)

@Gargron Respectfully, that feels as if it's based on a very early perception of quoting. It's now mostly used for highlighting and previewing something we want to talk about or comment about which the follower can see adjacent to your remark at a glance. And the engagement they generate is are far larger than mere replies, likes or RTs of something (which are not visible to the follower unless they focus to inspect them).

@Gargron Fwiw I always saw it as a way to credit the original post while staying out of the reply thread. A way to use the original as a jumping off point for a new post, maybe tangential, without hijacking the discussion or being argumentative. I understand how it can be co-opted but it doesn’t seem especially geared toward abuse. I don’t see it as a “problem” that’s it’s not here, but…

@Gargron Interesting, are you the sole arbiter of such things?

warum es kein Quoting in Mastodon gibt

@Gargron sad but true.

@Gargron same here.

@Gargron amen to that

@Gargron Very good choice :) It keeps the virtual conversation in a flow and streamline. It is a very respectful to write people and not about them. It creates much better conversations. Thank you very much. 🙏🏻

@Gargron This post is toxic behavior, denying user's a feature because you refuse to listen to them! Great way to highlight why a lot of FLOSS software has trouble with wide spread adoption!

@Gargron maar alles is performative

@Gargron you might be right. I haven't really studied the consequences of quote tweets, but in my feed the majority of QT's are positive.

People wanting to bash others either subtweet or do screenshots of the tweet in question instead of quote tweets.

@Gargron I think I really like this.

@Gargron ah it makes sense. It’s true that QT often bred toxicity.