Chief TWiT Nov 19, 2022

I can't help but notice many toots from helpful newbies encouraging you to support the Mastodon Patreon.

It's fine to do that but understand it goes to just two big instances and the official Mastodon dev team.

It does NOT trickle down to YOUR instance. If you want to support your server, donate to it directly. Nearly all the costs of the explosive growth of the past few weeks is borne by local instances.

Mastodon is decentralized. There is no Mastodon Inc. This is not Twitter.

Show threadGillian Hayes
@leo okay I found my first real need for a quote toot. Feels weird to do this in replies but @andresmh is there any way to support the HCI.social server directly?
Nov 19, 2022 at 5:59pmWeb
Show threadVivekaNov 20, 2022
@andresmh @leo @Gillian You can include a link to a post in another post, and a client app could choose to unfold the contents of that link…
Show threadLaura KosloffNov 20, 2022
@andresmh @Gillian @leo you can boost your reply and it will essentially be the same as a QT with the benefit that it will lead people back to the conversation with the original poster.
Show threadChristian Pietsch (old acct.)Nov 20, 2022
@Gillian @leo @andresmh It may feel weird for a while, but you will get used to it. I fully support Eugen's decision to disallow "quote toots". They would be as toxic as quote tweets.
Show threadChristian Pietsch (old acct.)Nov 20, 2022
@Gillian @leo @andresmh Note that nothing prevents you from copying the link to a toot from the … menu and pasting it into a new toot.