Sheril KirshenbaumDec 24, 2022

I see some folks asking for a quote style button on #Mastodon. Let’s not do that.

Quote tweeting on #Twitter incentivized snark, promoted outrage & rewarded cruelty. It brought out our worst by further gamifying interactions in a kind of race for 🔁 & ❤️ - which are delightfully less obvious here.

I love that Mastodon has a community feel & hope it stays that way.

Show threadDaniel Loxton
@Sheril QTs are definitely used by big accounts to hammer and target people quite often. Lots of other small accounts (like me) primarily use them to amplify, add to, or introduce good stuff we want people to enjoy. (I generally screencap stuff I want to critique.)
It would be nice to have the contextualizing function without the abuse. An earlier commenter may have it right in suggesting the higher effort workaround of crafting a new post with screencap plus link?
Dec 24, 2022 at 4:24amWeb
Show threadmyrmepropagandistDec 24, 2022

@Daniel_Loxton Screen cap with a link is very rude to photographers and artists.

Who are often the people I want to QT the most, sometimes with some context for the image, others, using it as a jumping off point for a greater reflection.

QT lets people use images and give full credit. And it helps those images get more attention.

It's about collaboration. text+image=something new and more alive than either alone

Show threadDaniel LoxtonDec 24, 2022
@futurebird I hadn’t thought of that, though I’m an artist myself; I was thinking more of how we share people’s written tweets. But you’re right: on the bird site, I do often QT artists with introductory thoughts or compliments.
Show threadIggyDec 24, 2022
@futurebird @Daniel_Loxton My personal instance (this one), that I just spun up today, is a Misskey server, which has quote-posting. So does Akkoma. It's certainly not as simple as "have people who want quote-posting spin up their own Misskey servers", but it seems like getting the word out about them would be helpful.
Show threadCypherDec 24, 2022
@skroobler @futurebird @Daniel_Loxton this
Show threadmyrmepropagandistDec 24, 2022

@skroobler @Daniel_Loxton

Once some of the instances running misskey or hometown get a stable open server with reasonable mod rules I suspect a lot will end up there. And that may be how it goes.

Mastodon was the most presentable when this all went down. But it's a big fediverse.

Show threadIggyDec 24, 2022
@futurebird @Daniel_Loxton It's also the easiest to set up, because of the extensive documentation on basically every Linux variant and VPS hosting platform, and the massive community that can walk you through any stumbles, compared to other fediverse server software.
Show threadMartin RundkvistDec 24, 2022
@Daniel_Loxton @Sheril Many don't seem to understand or care that retweeting stuff you disagree with is also signal boosting. I retweet in order to give props.