Taylor LorenzJournalists will never stick around this app long term sadly unless it adds quote posting. We desperately need it to communicate effectively, build on each others ideas, and add crucial context to posts. These are things replies simply do not accomplish. Also quote posting or reblogging does not = harassment! Tumblr, for instance, has had the feature since the beginning. We need it here now too 🙏🏻
Long Truong @taylorlorenz quote posting is available with alternative server software! I wish more people knew this
@Lxtruong I’m dumb how does this work? I’m on the app and I don’t see a way to do it and everything shows as links there’s not even link previews 😰
Oops uou might not see my example bc you were tagged. It's here https://i.calckey.cloud/notes/994oo646qk
Dr Pieter Peach@Lxtruong @taylorlorenz are there native client apps with this functionality?
@PieterPeach @taylorlorenz I'm unaware of any. There are other things deliberately unavailable in Mastodon (toot level text searches) that are available in other compatible software as well.
@Lxtruong @taylorlorenz this text level search (outside of your own posts) would presumably require servers to allow scraping and indexing? My understanding this is not consensus behaviour
@Lxtruong @PieterPeach oh wow you can’t even search the text of toots posted on Mastodon? That also seems like a huge issue for journalists seeking to use this platform. I’m sure there are reasons why but dang
Chiclet@taylorlorenz @Lxtruong @PieterPeach
It might be a fundamental misunderstanding of the fediverse. And also how people now say Mastodon for everything fediverse.
Mastodon is a specific type of instance, there's also Pleroma and Misskey and many others.
It's like Linux. Debian vs. Fedora as the two primary roots, but both are Linux. With some OpenSuse and BSD flavors.
Open Source looks more like Darwin's Origin of Species charts with all sorts of forking, derivation, evolution and ancestry.
All work together and you might not know that so many people reside on instances using these variants.
There are ActivityPub versions that work seamlessly with other Mastodon instances.