@jurjen_heeck @twit_terrorist @Gargron

One can simply link to a post, but the nicely formatted graph data doesn't display. I don't see the difference in linking to URL or quote posting. I think if you post something to a public website, others should be able to interact with that post. Turning off comments, muting, blocking are legit methods to control your personal experience, but pre-editorializing who can link to a public post I think goes too far.
https://elk.zone/mastodon.nl/@jurjen_heeck/109623908803719520

@awarsing @jurjen_heeck @twit_terrorist @Gargron the difference is the immediate visibility of the content combined with, often as seen on Twitter, a call to pile-on or otherwise disparage the original post / author.

We see this happening a LOT on Twitter. We really don’t need to add routes for bullying and abuse here.

@jurjen_heeck @wiredfire @awarsing @twit_terrorist @Gargron this is exactly the reason why not to do it.

Has been pointed out many times as the big positive feature compared to #birdside that this is not possible here.

Quoting and boosting basically stops the discussion and changes it to a talk about the post&author, excluding her/him from any further conversation and giving the trolls a tool for harassment and insulting.

Don't.

@Billie @jurjen_heeck @wiredfire @awarsing @twit_terrorist @Gargron
I miss QTs a lot because often I explicitly *don't* want to bother the original poster with a (potentionally annoying) reply. I want to communicate my thoughts to my followers, who deliberately follow me to receive that kind of content and can undo that at any moment.

Being encouraged to become a reply guy isn't always making things better...

@StreetDogg so you need to share some reaction, and optionally the content you're reacting to, to your followers, while not notifying the author. Then you can (optionally boost and) reply without mentioning this person.
To what extend does that don't fulfill the need ?

@Billie @wiredfire