@DrSandraDuffy *nods*
I've rarely seen QT used well. Only as a means to spread fascist propaganda behind blocks.
Also by hategrifters to game the algorithm by getting "allies" to "dunk" on them.
An analysis shows they're often negative. https://wandering.shop/@Quinnae_Moon/109566758700954368
However Mastodon has a WS problem. Black people use QT socially and to "keep receipts".
This suggests it's not a tech problem. It's a social problem.
Also QT exists on this platform, see: #QTTusky
Katherine Alejandra Cross (@[email protected])
It appears, at least in my little archipelago of Mastodons, that there's a Great Quote-Tweet debate happening. One person I respect asked pointedly to see data that proved QTs were abusive. Since I've been researching affordances of social media platforms I pulled some bits and bobs out of my hideous pile of papers and thought I'd share some insights with y'all about this question. Cards on the table: I think QTs are a net negative. But nothing's ever simple.