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 🙏🏻
Reblogging is organic user behavior and Twitter built the quote tweet feature because so many people were doing it manually already. It’s a huge burden on the user not to have this simple and important feature on a social platform imo (again just my personal opinion!)
John Breen@taylorlorenz I appreciate your opinion, while contending that you are wrong about this. No, you don't "need" quote tweeting, and lack of it inconveniences no-one, IMHO. It's not a "huge burden", to be sure.
@jab01701mid I specified for journalists because I do believe it is a large burden and hamstrings our ability to contextualize and build on information. Again just my opinion! 😅
Anil@jab01701mid @taylorlorenz the mastodon tools are definitely not well designed for the mainstream journalist use case. I think we can either find ones that are closer or (more likely) newer tools will arise soon that are a better fit.
Rich Stroffolino OLD ACCOUNT@anildash @jab01701mid @taylorlorenz I feel like this is why (at least an attempt) for the Gmail-version of a Mastodon server: ad monetized, comes with a specific client that addresses these perceived gaps and adds functionality to make it user friendly. I’m not saying I want that, but I can see someone trying it. Of course it could be defederated by most servers if it’s perceived as breaking/forking the protocol… chicken, egg, etc.
@jab01701mid @taylorlorenz @mranthropology a more institution-friendly fediverse server seems inevitable.
Sriram "sri" Ramkrishna - 😼@anildash @jab01701mid @taylorlorenz @mranthropology Yes, I reckon that someone will have an instance that will have a fork of mastodon that includes quoting.
I don't agree with quote posting - it frequently is used to create hot takes or for mocking posts. I've never seen it used in a way that is positive. It just generates angst. It also puts others as the middle person/gateway on a tweet and allows the rise of influencers.
Journalists need to find other ways to do their journalism.
@sri @anildash @taylorlorenz @mranthropology I share your view Sriram - I've used QT myself, but it's similar to publishing a copy of somebody else's book, with an extra page prepended to the front saying "Before you ready this, here's my take". Does not end up being a fair engagement of ideas in most cases, and better to link to an exact, specific quote with attribution to somebody else's work/speech.
@jab01701mid @anildash @taylorlorenz @mranthropology If I want to refer to a toot/post - I just cut the url and then say something - but that extra step tends to stop me from doing a hot take but instead do something more nuanced.
mark@sri @jab01701mid @anildash @taylorlorenz @mranthropology yep. It slows down the hot takes. Forcing that couple of seconds to keep emotions in check is a great possibly accidental feature.
And I totally agree with every point where this seems like a desire to bring attention to one person for another person's work. It's OK to be not-twitter. It's probably actually good
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@ATLeagle @sri @jab01701mid @anildash @taylorlorenz @mranthropology interaction > reaction > provocation