One of the best features of Mastodon is the lack of quote-tweeting. I'd forgotten how great that was. And unfortunately for Twitter, it's a feature that they'll never be able to copy.
@paulg I remember reading it was an intentional design choice. One of the things many new people who were used to dunking on others requested a lot. I did not agree in the beginning but now I’m seeing its value, especially after witnessing firsthand how some people I followed on twitter got harassed to hell for some innocuous tweet because somebody QT’d them