Anil@taylorlorenz the link previews thing is complicated because retrieving the data for them is decentralized, meaning each instance (and sometimes, each *app*!) is hitting the website for the preview info. It’s often been omitted because it can knock small websites offline just dealing with serving previews when a popular user shares a link.
Jay Rosen@anildash I agree with Taylor about quote posts. Basic tool of press criticism for me.
Chief TWiT 
@jayrosen_nyu @anildash How about just replying to a post. Like this? I like the fact that Mastodon promotes conversation not amplification.
Eric DannewitzBut the press is all about "amplification". I think they need to reflect on how they do things.
Or they could COPY the link to the original post like this and add their commentary BEFORE it.....
https://federate.social/@profcarroll/109565590551369508
David Carroll (@[email protected])
Attached: 2 images Found it. Here’s the “add account” UX in the latest #Mammoth build. Note how a new user gets ramped onto moth.social and off they go. No “choose an instance” but rather sign-up here.