Kevin Stine
Simon B. StøvringIt's launch time! 🚀
Re: Toot is now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Re: Toot turns Mastodon posts into images that are suitable for quote posts with attribution to the original author and an alt text.
Get the app here 👇
Needless to say but reboosts would be much appreciated 🚀🤗
Kevin C@simonbs Congrats on the launch!
Arun Vydun@simonbs congrats, Simon! It was pretty cool to see you build this fast in the public.
Joe Chott@simonbs IMMEDIATELY purchased it. THANK YOU, love to support your work, you always make great apps!! :)
@Verxion Thank you! 🫶
John Payne 
@simonbs 2 feature requests for your now finished side side project... :)
- can you put the text cursor at the beginning of the re toot?
- can you make this work with tweets so we can easily move discussions from bird site without driving traffic there?
@john Unfortunately, I can't move the cursor. As soon as you share the image, control is handed off to the receiving app 😔
While I understand the desire to support Twitter, and I think it's an interesting use case you're highlighting, I likely won't support this. For two reasons: Many people on Mastodon really don't like Twitter. I'm afraid how this would affect my product. And second, from what I've heard, Twitter's API is much more cumbersome to work with. I'll keep it in mind though 😊
@simonbs the second I hit post I realized the first issue. And thanks for your thoughts on the second :)
Carlos Fonseca
Roman@simonbs what a great app icon you have there!
@ramzesenok Thank you! 🙏
Tyler 👋@simonbs
Congrats on the launch, Simon!! 🎉🎉
Will iOS 15 support be added? (I don’t personally need iOS 15 support but some tooters still using iPhone 6s and 7 might.)
Congrats on the launch, Simon!! 🎉🎉
Will iOS 15 support be added? (I don’t personally need iOS 15 support but some tooters still using iPhone 6s and 7 might.)
@nextleveltye It won't. I don't think I can justify spending the time testing on multiple iOS versions. Plus, I wouldn't get to use all the new shiny APIs that are only available in iOS 16 😊
@simonbs Ah, I see. That makes sense. Congrats again on the launch!! 🎉 I will be using this!!
4nd3rs@simonbs The unlock Full Version animation is a hoot 😜
Tim Johnsen@simonbs have you considered making it work for the bird site as well? Could be handy to post from there to here
@timonus I have considered it but I'm not sure if it's a good idea. For two reasons:
1. People on Mastodon seem to really dislike the bird site so I'm afraid if it'll have a negative effect one my current product.
2. From what I have heard, the Twitter API is much more cumbersome to work with than Mastodon's.
@simonbs totally fair, congrats on the launch!
Arne Rossmann
M. Verdone@simonbs wow, this is bad.
Like, let's say I block MacRumors because it makes me mad or depressed or whatever.
If you retoot MacRumors then I don't see it in my feed.
If you use this weird screenshot feature, then I now get a MacRumors post directly in my face. I have no control.
Now let's pretend you image-posted some fascist because you wanted to say "ugh, look how terrible this is!" Your intention to draw attention to the terrible thing throws it right in my face without the control of blocking it that Mastodon gives me.
So, nah, I really don't like this.
Mike Roest
Mike VanDelinder
Scott Willsey
jerry@simonbs iOS only?
Michael Fey 
@simonbs I cannot believe you put the confetti particle emitter in the elephant’s butt. 🤣🤣🤣
Troy Kitch@simonbs congrats! Wow, you are a prolific developer
The Peter Pan of Nerdery™️@simonbs please have the app support ios15 as well. Some of us are camping on 15 in preparation for a jailbreak.
Stefan HansenAre you new on Mastodon? Do you realize that the developer on purpose made it so quote posts are not possible. For a good reason.
@stefanhansen Are you new on Mastodon? By going through people’s profile you can actually see how long they’ve been on Mastodon.
@simonbs Yes, I'm rather new here, and now see that you are not. So, you ought to be aware of the reasons for not having quote posts, right?
@stefanhansen Yes, I have read the arguments and they’re valid. They seem very focused on all the negative aspects and none of the positive aspects or that sharing content through links is part of the Internet and inevitable. Just like we share links to articles and blog posts with comments.
The energy should be focused on figuring out how quote posting can be supported in a good way rather than disallowing it a altogether because, ultimately, you can’t disallow it. The Internet finds a way.
@simonbs The internet doesn't do anything. People do. Sharing a blog post with a comment is not the same. I think not using quote posts here is a good idea, since it "forces" us to engage in a better dialog, as when we speak. When we speak, we also do not just repeat with the other was saying and than add to it. It would make for a strange and lower quality communication.
@stefanhansen You’re right. The Internet doesn’t do anything, people do. But you’re being pedantic. You know what I mean.
I don’t think the analogy to real-life holds. But if you want to keep it, in real-life you may have a conversation and then go to another group of people and be like “John and I were discussing…” or “I just heard from John..”
And in the Internet it’s common to share content from others and link to it. That’s a big part of what people do on the Internet.
It's not being pedantic. To me, saying that something does something is a way of not taking responsibility, and implying that it happens by itself.
Yes, you would say "I just heard from John that..." and what would follow would be John's idea expressed in your words and not a direct quote, and that is exactly what makes all the difference.
@stefanhansen And yes, I do think that sharing a blog post with a comment is the same. It’s sharing your take on something with a link to the original content. You’re dismissing this altogether with no reason as to why you don’t think it’s the same.
I don't think it's the same, since it's like giving something a book, with a comment like "This is a wonderful book. I think you'd like it since you love abstract algebra". It's not part of an ongoing discussion, unlike what is happening here on Mastodon.
@stefanhansen It can be part of a conversation. It’s a matter of designing it properly. Twitter’s approach isn’t the best but I also think dismissing quote posts altogether is caused by a lack of imagination as to how it can be improved.
What Re: Toot does is merely a hack until Mastodon officially supports quote posts, which I think is inevitable
Content on the Internet can and will be shared. If you don’t like your content being shared, make it followers only. Re: Toot respects that.
Well, we disagree.
I don't have a problem with my posts being shared. I just don't think it helps the quality of conversation with quote posts.
Have a nice day.
@stefanhansen You too! ☺️
David Blue@simonbs very much looking forward to using this, Simon! I especially appreciate this sentiment.
Marco@simonbs BTW not the intended use case but I love your app to archive some of my own posts to Day One. (Just have to find a way to automate this 🤔🙃)
@esamecar Great use case!
hyperjeff@simonbs random feedback: i’m pretty tired, but i don’t understand the setup procedure. i’m sure i’ll figure it out, but it’s initially confusing.
Sascha Foerster 
@scottaw @simonbs @milan There are copyright law, contact details and courts. Of course this is not a problem of the tool but of the people using it. And the question is, is it worth the time. But creating copy’s of others work and sharing it by screenshots, I am not shure this is allowed by the „right of citation“… but I am not a (international) laywer, I just wanted to say, there might be issues (especially under German/European law).
Nathan
Brian@simonbs Testing it out. Pretty slick overall. I will say, the constant request to paste from the clipboard is disruptive. Even if you’re in the midst of prepping a toot to be shared, if you switch from Re: toot to another app and back, a system prompt to allow a paste will still occur.
Wustin@simonbs Really clever!
Nob Nukui
Casey Liss@simonbs this is a ★★★★★ idea
@caseyliss Thank you! 🙏