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Mastodon Migration Jul 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.

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Stephen Coles

@mastodonmigration I share your enthusiasm for the new cropping behavior, but I believe screenshooting alone is poor etiquette, especially when accounts with lots of followers do it, as it pulls attention away from the original post (and account). If you gotta screenshoot, at least link to the original post.