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.

@Sheril I wonder if it's the people or the tools such as *quote-tweeting* that spread these behaviors. I don't think anybody here wants to reproduce the atmosphere of Twitter. Promoting outrage is entirely different than promoting public discourse.