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@orsinov I explain why I haven't done this here:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/16/how-to-make-the-least-worst-mastodon-threads/
@pluralistic
I really get your governance argument, thats convincing and i am done trying to lobby for anything else.
But if i might share:
I myself am more a fan of the misskey/markup style -
So you make a post with a Content Warning that contains your article title
"Unraveling Pinapple on Pizza: An essay, long"
Then you thread as little as possible (e.g. 3 times for 18000 characters)
Which makes it easier to read...
And users reply to excerpts or stanzas by quoting them using markdowns '>', which dosn't work on stock mastodon (but maybe hometown, glitch-soc or misskey), but renders on it
Like this:
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Cory Doctorow
Nikola Orsinov [Joseph Grimaldi]