@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.

The Wandering Shop

QT exists. My objection is that it's used to spread screenshot of fascist propaganda, bypassing blocks. Propaganda works. #QTTusky

https://dair-community.social/@KimCrayton1/109565708325579046
@KimCrayton1 ... As an educator, I used QTing to educate AND yet many folx, by default, see my content as “harassing” particularly when I’m calling out white supremacy, anti-Blackness, and it’s resulting harm

Prioritizing the most vulnerable means LISTENING and ACTING in ways that reflect life’s complexities

Kim Crayton ~ Her/She (@[email protected])

One of the issues I continue to challenge is folx defaulting to the binary; right/wrong; good/bad when most situations are anything but QTing is NOT a binary issue solely in the domain of “harassment” As an educator, I used QTing to educate AND yet many folx, by default, see my content as “harassing” particularly when I’m calling out white supremacy, anti-Blackness, and it’s resulting harm Prioritizing the most vulnerable means LISTENING and ACTING in ways that reflect life’s complexities

Distributed AI Research Community

If #Journalists spent half the time learning about the platform that they did complaining about it, it'd be pretty sweet. Look at the state of this post. Too arrogant to learn #MastodonCuration. #QTTusky

https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/109565436163660592
@taylorlorenz Journalists will never stick around this app long term... We...build on each others ideas, and add crucial context to posts. These are things replies simply do not accomplish...quote posting...does not = harassment!