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.
@taylorlorenz As for QTs, let’s find you another fediverse tool that supports them; you can almost certainly import your followers there if it offers the features that mastodon won’t.
just adrienne@anildash @taylorlorenz the Treehouse fork of Mastodon is working on adding them, fwiw. Should be available soon, and it's easy for an instance admin to switch from vanilla (and even easier to switch from Glitch, bc we're actually a fork of Glitch).