@konkrit@mastodon.social but if the post you are making is not 100% related but only referencing the quoted post for context, the reader then has to navigate BACK to your post to be able to continue the conversation. i know of many people that get very annoyed when people create tangents in their replies that aren't strictly related to their posts, muddying the conversational waters and blowing up their mentions with stuff they don't care about. this is a way to keep that from happening.