Mastodawn

welp.

#lab-notes #here-again-until-tumblr-stops-being-stupid #despite-this-site-doing-exactly-what-tumblr-is-now-doing #because-i-guess-no-site-on-the-web-can-have-its-own-unique-funtionality-and-culture #fml #(not-mad-at-wafrn-for-this-i-know-its-technical-limitations #but-the-whole-reason-i-havent-used-the-fediverse-is-because-even-sites-like-this-that-try-to-emulate-tumblr #all-the-'reblogs'-are-just-reformated-quote-retweets #which-is-functionally-what-Tumblr-is-doing-now-so-WHY-stay?)

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Alexia ΘΔ

all the 'reblogs' are just reformated quote retweets

yeah sorry it's mostly just technical limitations; if we want to be compatible with like….any of the platforms we federate with we do have to make compromises :(

we've had lengthy discussions about this and one time we even changed how "quotes" are displayed to be more like tumblr's reblogs but it just confused people