Post #2390190
2026-02-18 23:39 UTC
@ignaloidas@not.acu.lt you might be getting the wrong bit of my message, but fair.
My main point is that for a long time a lot of people (most people?) specifically said they wanted fedi to be a place without some of the toxic features we saw on twitter, of which quote replies were a big part of it.
I'm sad that despite identifying this feature as a bad way to interact in short-form blogging, we have nevertheless implemented and widely adopted it because it gets good "engagement"/modes of posting.
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@ignaloidas@not.acu.lt 2026-02-18 23:50
@kline@mastodon.sdf.org I don't think that the feature in particular is toxic (tumblr has it and it's fine, very good even), rather the twitter culture used it in a very toxic way. And like, it's not as if you can't do the dumb shit that led it to being awful on twitter - you certainly can - it's that the moderation on fediverse is miles better and that prevents it from getting out of hand. Misskey and *oma instances have had quote posts for a couple of years now, and I've never noticed/seen complaints about it being a problem.