Eniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Dec 21, 2022

Tbh getting real tired of hearing "QTs were only ever used for dunks" as someone who was part of a community that used them to tell our followers why they should be interested in tweets, ranging from supporting cool creative works to mutual aid

Were they also used for dunks? Absolutely. One would think better moderation on mastodon would take care of most of that by not putting bad dunkable takes in our faces 24/7

Show threadJames 'Care Level Zero' HenleyDec 21, 2022
@eniko My issue with QRTs wasn't so much dunks as it was people essentially hijacking a tweet in an attempt to score engagement off the original content themselves.
Show threadCassandrichDec 21, 2022
@CareLevelZero @eniko I would *rather* they do that, keeping their large audience engagement in their own QRT's replies rather than bringing a bunch of randos to hijack my original thread and blow up my mentions. New context creation is a positive aspect of quoting, not negative.
Show threadJames 'Care Level Zero' Henley
@dalias @eniko Fair point. I'm happier just seeing them gone entirely, myself.
Dec 21, 2022 at 10:44pmWeb