Eugen RochkoI don't feel as strongly about quote posts as I did in 2018. Personally, I am not a fan, but there is clearly a lot of demand for it. We're considering it.
Toot Terrorist@Gargron I hope you don't add it, but if you do, at least give us the option to block quoted posts from people, please.
Jurjen Heeck š@twit_terrorist @Gargron That, and the option to block my posts (individually) from being quoted.
Allan Warsing@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
Wiredfire 
@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 donāt need to add routes for bullying and abuse here.
Jonasnuts@jurjen_heeck @wiredfire @awarsing @twit_terrorist @Gargron boosting gives it the same visibility. Itās not the features that are toxic, people are toxic, regardless of the features. I miss qrt a lot. I donāt want to be a mere booster, just an amplifier. I want to ad my vision and my context to it. Iām using link to the toot, and my comment. Iām very sorry that you had such a terrible timeline on the other side, with such horrible qrt. It was very different from my own experience.
@jonasnuts @jurjen_heeck @awarsing @twit_terrorist @Gargron Youāre right, people are toxic not features but people use features and we ignore that at our peril.
You donāt have to be just a booster. Start your own conversation based on something youāve seen! It takes fractionally more effort and is massively more valuable to the community.
(Matthew)=> š³ļøāššæš¦š®š»š@wiredfire @jonasnuts @jurjen_heeck @awarsing @twit_terrorist @Gargron UX and UI design is about the consequences of our decisions. If a design choice has unintended consequences, that is on the designer, not the user. You can encourage and discourage all sorts of behaviour through design. This is similar to saying "guns don't kill people, people do". If the tool makes a task easier, the task will be repeated more often.
@mdstevens0612 I can see your point, but the difference from a feature to a gun, is that the ātargetā has de ability to control the bullet. You can choose witch bullets you take, witch bullets you dodge:-) @wiredfire @jurjen_heeck @awarsing @twit_terrorist @Gargron
@mdstevens0612 you are right, āIf the tool makes a task easier, the task will be repeated more often.ā But why do you assume the users will use it in the negative and not in the positive way, now that thereās no algorithms to push the negativity?
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Why do you assume only positive usage?
Your quote also applies to the trolling so regularly associated with quotes on Twitter currently.
We say that people are the algorithm on Mastodon. People can push bad agendas. Mastodon has been insulated from that in part due to relatively small numbers of users. As that is growing so does the danger of pile-ons. Things went āviralā long before the algorithms got involved.
I maintain you can do all you mentioned previously without quotes
@wiredfire I donāt assume only positive usage. I have been around for long enough, to know that there is no āonly positive usageā. What Iām saying is that anyone can avoid seeing the negative usage. But you are right, once again, I can already do everything a qrt does. It would make my life easier. It would help launch debates and, as long as there is an opt out, for people that donāt want their r#toots to be automatically quoted, nobodyās negatively affected.
Bradley 
@jonasnuts @wiredfire anyone seeing negative quote boosts in their feed will be affected. It would replicate the outrage culture on a Twitter. If you want that, go back.
@Bradley_JF Iām very sorry that you could not manage to curate a decent timeline, on Twitter, and that you had a terrible experience, being exposed to toxic trash without being able to unfollow, mute or block the accounts doing such terrible things. I was able to manage my timeline differently, so, my experience with qrt is much better than yours. @wiredfire
@Bradley_JF and I go where the hell I want to go. If you donāt like It, you can leave. @wiredfire
@jonasnuts @wiredfire I shouldnāt have to waste time with blocking hundreds of people like I did on Twitter to accommodate people that want Mastodon to be just like Twitter. Again, if you want to use an app with all the features of Twitter, use Twitter. Donāt try to screw up another social platform.
@Bradley_JF Soooo, because youāve had a lousy experience, you assume everyone else is just like you? Eheheheheh @wiredfire
@jonasnuts @wiredfire Soooo, because youāve had a positive experience, you assume everyone else is just like you? Eheheheheh
@Bradley_JF The difference is that I want you to have freedom of choice, deciding wether you want your toots to be quoted or not, and you don't want me to have the same freedom of choice. @wiredfire
@jonasnuts @wiredfire thatās exactly correct, because we donāt need Twitter culture here.
@Bradley_JF we don't need freedom? Home of the brave, land of the featureless. ehehehehe @wiredfire
@jonasnuts @wiredfire there are a lot of valid restrictions on freedom. That argument doesnāt mean anything. And Mastodon isnāt American software anyway. ehehehehe.
@Bradley_JF No, but you are :-) @wiredfire
@Bradley_JF Mastodon's software doesn't have a nationality. It's open source. That's all. @wiredfire
@jonasnuts @wiredfire that's true, but it also has an existing culture that shouldn't be altered to match another platform that people no longer want to use because a bad man is in charge.
@Bradley_JF well, the culture is made by the community. It changes. Usually, changes very slowly. With so many new people at the same time, the change will be more abruptly. The culture is shifting, and we are all feeling the growing pains. @wiredfire
@jonasnuts @wiredfire or, you could adapt to the culture of the place you're moving to and not expect them to change their culture for you just because you showed up. No one forced people to come here.
@Bradley_JF check my profile :-) I was here long before you arrived :-) Social media platforms change, everyday. Its culture, its mood, its energy. Thereās nothing anyone can do to change that. Itās living being. @wiredfire
@Bradley_JF we adjust and adapt a little, everyday. I personally try to adopt what I like. I started adding descriptions to my media mor often, for example. On the other end, I fucking hate the edit feature, so, I donāt use it. Simple, no? @mastodon.online @wiredfire