Tim BrayUntil we get quote-boost, when I see something I want to comment publicly on I reply to it usually including a “⬆️” to signal the subject, and then boost my own reply.
Seems to work OK?
Bruce Elrick@timbray ⬆️
I will have to try that!
I will have to try that!
חנן כהן • Hanan Cohenחנן כהן • Hanan Cohen (@[email protected])
This is a quote-boost. I shared the post with the app (Tusky) and got the content of the post and a link to it. --------- Until we get quote-boost, when I see something I want to comment publicly on I reply to it usually including a “⬆️” to signal the subject, and then boost my own reply. Seems to work OK? https://hachyderm.io/@timbray/109887538541620464
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Chance The Lawyer ⚡︎@timbray ⬆️
The toot! app also has a really cool “share as image” feature which would allow you to do that but combine it with a visual preview like this.
@chancerydaily @timbray That seems to be terrible for accessibility and screen readers, though 😕
Fair enough if it added an image description automatically saying "A screenshot of [author]'s toot/message saying: …", but it doesn't appear to, if that's how you posted this.
Huh. Ivory doesn’t seem to have included my image description. I said “An image of Tim’s above toot,” or something to that effect, which I was concerned was not substantive enough so now realize it should include the actual information too, but it doesn’t seem to have captured any of it. 🫤
@chancerydaily @timbray It does say "This is a photographic representation of Tim's toot above", but if you had to add it manually then it doesn't seem like it's the most helpful of features.
jadeforrest@timbray ⬆️
Did Tim Bray just figure out a workaround for quote-boosting?
I didn't figure it out, I read it somewhere months ago.
@timbray well thank you for sharing it!
Jonas Wisser@timbray Just be aware that you're not reaching those of us who block boosts, I guess. 🤷
@jwisser
That's interesting, you follow some people but only their non-boost posts? That idea had never crossed my mind but isn't crazy. But if you follow me and I boost my own reply to someone else, do you see that?
That's interesting, you follow some people but only their non-boost posts? That idea had never crossed my mind but isn't crazy. But if you follow me and I boost my own reply to someone else, do you see that?
@timbray Nope. I initially just turned off boosts at the Mastodon web app timeline level (where that's a built-in feature), but other apps didn't respect that setting, so I've turned off boosts for every single person I follow. Retweets were a mistake on Twitter, and they're a mistake here. I'm not interested in random posts from people I didn't follow, shared without commentary.
I recognize that what you're doing is exactly the opposite of the issue with boosts I'm complaining about, but… 🤷♂️
Steven Vore 🎩@timbray IMO it's an acceptable workaround. But it still strikes me as an annoyance that this is the best Mastodon does. Or a plain link.
Mastodon lore is that it's all about engaging in conversation. But how much conversation is there when a dozen people want to say "I knew about X but I didn't know about this!" as a reply just to boost it?
Great if you can add value as well in your reply. But sometimes it's just "I have context to add for why I think it is important when I boost".
Keith Wilson@timbray ⬆️ Kind of suggests that we don’t need a quote-boost function, but a #QuoteReply.
Mark Connolly moved to @@timbray ⬆️ This feels like a promising approach to boosting. But having said that, the arrow will also point at whatever post is immediately above it in the timeline of the viewer.
matt@timbray how does a person type "up arrow here"?
Later: oh, I see, it's an emoji.
Later: oh, I see, it's an emoji.
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