Post #2390191

2026-02-18 23:50 UTC

@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.

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@feld@friedcheese.us 2026-02-18 23:54

@ignaloidas@not.acu.lt @kline@mastodon.sdf.org there was a Twitter employee who commented on HN a few years ago discussing this. Basically their internal metrics (haha, they have abuse metrics, how cute :3:) didn't show an increase in abusive behavior from implementing quote tweets, they just saw people switch from the screenshot method to the quote tweet method. :shrug: I don't think quoting is bad. I think sending a notification to the person you're quoting is bad. Notifying them is what's toxic imho. And now Mastodon has an official quote feature and you can tag posts as being ineligible for quoting, but that will just cause people to switch to the fedi Re: link version or a screenshot. You're not gonna stop people doing this. You can only influence the interface design used when they do.

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@wolf480pl@mstdn.io 2026-02-18 23:57

@ignaloidas@not.acu.lt @kline@mastodon.sdf.org Also, if people want to performatively comment to their own audience about others' posts, they'll find a way. If not by posting links, then by subposting. Best you can do is encourage one way of doing it over another...

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