Mastodon MigrationJul 25, 2023

Screenshot Quote Posting

By now you may have heard about the change eliminating the frustrating 16:9 cropping of posts in feeds (https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/110774797138668211).

One of the biggest implications of this change is that you can now quote post simply by attaching a screenshot of the original post. You can be confident that the quote post image will properly display everywhere and not cut off on the left, right, top or bottom.

Whatever you think about #QuotePosting, this is something we can now do.

Show threadDavid - Forking MadJul 25, 2023
@mastodonmigration Screenshoting for a Quote is a BAD idea on so many levels. Eugen just needs to get on with it and release proper quoting. He has been against it for some time, but did commit many months ago to introducing it.
Show threadMastodon MigrationJul 25, 2023
@daj The point of this post is that it is something that now can be done without concern that it will be illegible. Not sure what is "BAD" about it. In some ways, it seems better. You are capturing the content at a point in time. If the content is subsequently edited, you still have the original content you were commenting on in your screenshot. That seems better in some ways. In any case quote posting should be coming soon.
Show threadDavid - Forking Mad
@mastodonmigration Mostly from a visual aspect, and also an accessibility perspective. No way that everyone will copy and paste the actual text into #AltText.

I know we have to find creative solutions to problems, but copying the link to the post you are quoting seem far better.

Anyway, each to their own
Jul 25, 2023 at 4:37pmWeb