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.
Steven L. Johnson@jayrosen_nyu @anildash As a non-press user, I find QT useful to contextualize content I want to amplify in a way that it is appealing to my followers. I don't know of any simple way to accomplish that for "Toots"
Cypher@steven @jayrosen_nyu @anildash
copy the link to the toot? https://cville.online/@steven/109565655700406239
Steven L. Johnson (@[email protected])
@[email protected] @[email protected] As a non-press user, I find QT useful to contextualize content I want to amplify in a way that it is appealing to my followers. I don't know of any simple way to accomplish that for "Toots"
Paul Atkinson (@[email protected])
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] So far the best “solution” is to copy a link to the toot and paste it into a toot of your own. Really does not have the same impact though, as it won’t show a preview.
@cspcypher and, thank you for taking the time to make a suggestion
@steven np. I've been arguing with people on this for like the last 30mins or so (it's on my nature 😅) but there's ways around this restriction that creates friction to prevent dragging and dunks. Ultimately though, I don't care which way this goes 🤷♂️
@cspcypher I'm thankful for the good natured discussions. People truly care here about creating a better tech to support better social dynamics, which is quite refreshing. It reminds me of early internet / web / social media
@steven probably due to it being mostly the same kind of people on here... for now
@cspcypher Yep, though it's not all early adopters — I'm seeing signs of crossing the chasm like "normies" already showing up.
There's an easy(ish) on-ramp here for many dissatisfied Twitter users... a big question is how many stick around
@steven more than fair for sure. I just like the idea that it's kind of impossible to be fully banned here, but you can be segregated