@Gargron that's very smart. Thanks for explaining.

@Gargron but quoting does work well if it’s a thread being amplified

@Gargron This is fascinating. I'm a big fan of quoting personally but I can fully understand why you've chosen not to include it. I wonder, with Mastodon being open source, whether we'll end up with a fork with someone implementing quoting as it's so popular. Potential compatibility across federated instances of forked versions may lead to interesting times.

@Gargron I hear you. You make a reasonable point.

@Gargron Thank you for making this choice. This is why I find Mastodon so refreshing 👍

@Gargron This gave me a different perspective on how to interact here, including this reply. Thank you.

@Gargron but that's my emotional support toxic behavior 😩

@Gargron BTW, thank you for this!

@Gargron
I love toots. Authentic. No birds harmed.

@Gargron My audience has context, there’s a long history of shared humor. Replies only have local context.

@Gargron ooooooo... I want to quote toot this so bad!

@Gargron this reasoning makes sense to me - I miss it because I often use quote tweets to "yes, and," as in "this thread is good and I want to jump of it to talk about something related but I don't want to clog up the author's mentions or crowd their mic." But linking can still be used for that the same way I'd link to an article etc

@Gargron Some people are toxic that way, it's true. But seeing that is often just a good way to spot a toxic person. Limiting otherwise valuable functionality isn't such a great way to restrict toxicity as implementing quality of life features like block, mute, the ability to leave conversations etc. Most of the time a straightforward retoot should be enough, mind.

@Gargron this is so thoughtful and progressive. Makes total sense to me.

@Gargron THANK YOU. Hard agree.

@Gargron this is something I like very much. I like that the system encourages talking to (tooting to) the author of a toot, not talking about them to some anonymous audience. Which I didn’t even realize I did so much. Thank you.

@Gargron thank you

@Gargron Thinking about it, and your reasons...I think you are right. And I thank you.

For me, I used the quote-tweet do amplify and emphasize issues I face as a woman in tech+art+science. But we can all find other ways to amplify/boost in more healthy ways.

The challenge for me, sometimes, is that it's hard to form words to explain why something really resonates for me. And that is what I used quote-tweet for. With my comment being "This!"

@Gargron Thinking about it, and your reasons...I think you are right. And I thank you.

For me, I used the quote-tweet to amplify and emphasize issues I face as a woman in tech+art+science. But we can all find other ways to amplify/boost in more healthy ways.

The challenge for me, sometimes, is that it's hard to form words to explain why something really resonates for me. And that is what I used quote-tweet for. With my comment being "This!"

@Gargron Right decision. 👍