Clive ThompsonNov 15, 2022

A terrific thread by @shengokai about why the absence of quote-tweeting on Mastodon can be a road-block to the organic formation of something like Black Twitter here: https://zirk.us/@shengokai/109346991978893779

Quote-tweeting allows for a style of call-and-response interaction; lose it and you lose that too

Dr. Johnathan Flowers (@[email protected])

I'm converting my mastodon critiques into a word document that I will likely use to post mastodon local versions of those large threads about mastodon that I've made on twitter. Having said that, I'm not really "anti-mastodon," as much as I am trying to point out that the fediverse does not have the tools to support the ways that marginalized groups built community on the bird site. And it really comes down to affordances of the platforms.

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Show threadJay RosenNov 21, 2022
@clive @shengokai For me the lack of quote-tweeting is a significant loss. It was probably the best tool ever invented for a press critic.
Show threadTamar Yellin
@jayrosen_nyu @clive @shengokai I liked it too, but I think I can survive without it ;-)
Nov 21, 2022 at 3:33amWeb