Eugen RochkoMar 10, 2018
I've made a deliberate choice against a quoting feature because it inevitably adds toxicity to people's behaviours. You are tempted to quote when you should be replying, and so you speak at your audience instead of with the person you are talking to. It becomes performative. Even when doing it for "good" like ridiculing awful comments, you are giving awful comments more eyeballs that way. No quote toots. Thank's
Show threadXerz ๐Ÿ’— [UNMOVED]Mar 10, 2018

@Gargron Funny thing, I already can do the same in Mastodon: toot my message with a link to the original toot. I don't need to notify the author of the quoted toot, anyway.

It may be not as visually clean, but it works.

Show threadinfinite love โดณMar 10, 2018
@espectalll @Gargron that's fine but it shouldn't be default behavior
Show threadXerz ๐Ÿ’— [UNMOVED]
@trwnh @Gargron What does "default behavior" mean?
Mar 10, 2018 at 11:18pmWeb
Show threadinfinite love โดณMar 10, 2018
@espectalll Like, having it be included in the UI as a button, so that more people can do it without any thought or extra work.
Show threadXerz ๐Ÿ’— [UNMOVED]Mar 10, 2018
@trwnh I personally think the worst part of quoting on Twitter is sending a notification to the author of the quoted tweet - it'd probably not be a bad thing for anyone you only end up addressing only your public.
Show threadXerz ๐Ÿ’— [UNMOVED]Mar 10, 2018
@trwnh I personally think the worst part of quoting on Twitter is sending a notification to the author of the quoted tweet - it'd probably not be a bad thing for anyone if it's made in a way that makes you only talk to your followers.
Show threadXerz ๐Ÿ’— [UNMOVED]Mar 10, 2018
@trwnh Yes, I know, toxic behavior, sure. I'm still unsure. Oh well.
Show threadinfinite love โดณMar 10, 2018
@espectalll Well, it almost seems worse to NOT notify you when someone is talking about you -- the easiest answer is to make it non-obvious. Toots already show previews, so you can still talk about it to your followers, but that makes it a conscious decision rather than something you do absent-mindedly.