Mastodawn

Exactly, and link-pasting is exactly what I've done ever since I got on #Mastodon

#QuotePosting was an enormous #MoralPanic about four years ago because #Twitter had it and #Mastodon didn't and all the big techy-bro rags convinced #Gargron that he was discouraging new migrants from Twitter because Mastodon didn't have #QuotePosts

Took 'em about three years to do it, and everyone pretty much ignored quote posts when they were finally implemented, a lot because people could opt-out if they wanted and no one took them seriously

IMO, YMMV...

Luminex Jan 9

Do you quote posts on Mastodon?
#AskFedi #askfediverse #AskMastodon #ask_mastodon #LetsAskMastodon #Poll #Polls #Quotepost #quoteposts #quoteposting

Yes and often

Yes but not often

50%

No

50%

Poll ended at Jan 16 at 5:15pm.

Mike Taylor 🦕Nov 19

I was keen to have #quotePosting in Mastodon. But, surprisingly to me, since it came in a month or so ago (to my instance), I've not done a single-quote post. I've wanted to QP three or four times, but each time the post in question has been one that disallowed QPs. Oh well.

Gamin/Techin' on the Fediverse Nov 18

Disclaimer: This post is a complaint. I love complaining!

Thanks to @tnhd for making me aware of this GitHub issue!

https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/7253

I couldn't quote this PeerTube video from Mastodon!

If we are going to show Google that their YouTube sucks we gotta prove to them that our PeerTube DOESN'T SUCK!

This is the PeerTube video that I wanted to quote post but couldn't:

video.fosshq.org/w/vYASQrFkuUKvh34NSgDgqD

#fediverse #MastodonQuote #PeerTube #Mastodon #StopSucking #complaint #QuotePosting

Allow Quote-Posting of PeerTube videos · Issue #7253 · Chocobozzz/PeerTube

Describe the problem to be solved Mastodon's recent blog post talks about their recent work on a technical specification for the Fediverse that allows for consent-respecting quote posts. A lot of e...

GitHub

JdeBP Sep 28

If your FediVerse node is on the latest version of #Mastodon, you can turn off the forthcoming quote-posting mechanism ahead of time.

It's in your settings under Preferences→Other.

Quote-posting appears to be opt-out rather than opt-in.

#FediTips #QuotePosting

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ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Sep 18, 2025

@Gargron

something that wasn't clear to me and perhaps of interest to others about #quoteposts

i knew this:

in your preferences you can change the setting to allow #quoteposting on your toots globally. to anyone/ followers only/ or just yourself

but i didn't know you could also do it per post

so you might allow anyone to quote post you, as a general policy

but then on one particular post of yours you may disallow a #quotepost as you see fit

#quoot #quoots

stfn Sep 17, 2025

I did some digging through the docs, but I could not find a clear answer to my question:

My instance is running GTS 0.19, can my toots be quoted by users of new versions of Mastodon? I don't mind that, just curious.

#gotosocial #quoteposting

stu Sep 15, 2025

@[email protected] Have you tried #quoteposting yet on ##mastodondotsocial ?

ResearchBuzz: Firehose Sep 13, 2025

TechCrunch: Mastodon rolls out quote posts with protections to prevent ‘dunking’. “Mastodon, an open source, decentralized alternative to X, is rolling out a somewhat controversial feature by adding quote posts, which will launch next week.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/13/techcrunch-mastodon-rolls-out-quote-posts-with-protections-to-prevent-dunking/