R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
1481 followers · 26047 posts · Server fosstodon.org

@ianthetechie

Well, *cough* the powers-that-be think handing out features like is much more important, even though they staunchly explained why those features should never and would never be on mastodon at the beginning of the . :P

#birdsite #quotetweets #twexodus

Last updated 1 year ago

FinchHaven · @FinchHaven
93 followers · 3811 posts · Server hachyderm.io

@goosname

" users use the quote tweet feature primarily to boost shit takes and dunk on them"

Which is what people coming out of Twitter in very early November (waves hand) were saying

Until we got shouted down by all the alpha male tech bros who said harassment had never happened to *them* and it wasn't a problem and we gave up beating that dead horse

#qt #quotetweets #QP #quoteposts #bluesky

Last updated 1 year ago

Thomas RenkertšŸ¦ž · @thomasrenkert
1198 followers · 84 posts · Server hcommons.social

should be allowed on at least as follow-ups for your own toots. And maybe even for mutual follows. That way you could update earlier discussions without only providing bare links.

But I also think it is sensible not to be able to talk about people you have no connection to via , though. If you feel it is really necessary, you can still do that with screenshots, but I like that it is discouraged by default. Endless were one of the issues at long before Musk.

#QuoteToots #mastodon #quotetweets #drukos #twitter

Last updated 1 year ago

Kreig Durham · @kreig
393 followers · 231 posts · Server writing.exchange

currently depends wholly on:

1. The massive amount of and accounts that got first dibs to create the illusion of content.
2. users making the leap.

There's not much to the app beyond that, but I will applaud them on a flawless execution of the basics of ( and the feed itself).

#quotetweets #retweets #twitter #instagram #verified #celebrities #threads

Last updated 1 year ago

How close is to adding ?

#mastodon #quotetweets #qt

Last updated 1 year ago

KB Leecaster · @GreenFire
782 followers · 22201 posts · Server mstdn.social

This is the type of content I miss the most from that foul site.

#quotetweets

Last updated 1 year ago

FinchHaven · @FinchHaven
150 followers · 8476 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

@HunterZ

So this damn dead horse twitches again

"it doesn't seem to have actually stopped people from engaging in meta-commentary"

See:

Any code written by [man] can be broken by [man]

IOW, people who just *have* to have are *going* to try to find some way to hack around its absence

Which doesn't invalidate the original source code design decisions

"even if that means doubling down via harsher prevention"

Yeah

You going to volunteer to moderate then?

Or pay to hire mods?

#quotetweets

Last updated 1 year ago

AnneTheWriter · @AnneTheWriter1
1670 followers · 831 posts · Server universeodon.com

@gwensnyder
I know some folks on Mastodon have said they don't want because they saw it sometimes used for bullying. But I rather enjoyed it because it helped me to highlight someone else's comment (giving them credit when doing so) and to really help draw traffic to someone else's account. It was also great for RT-ing , where nothing in the original tweet indicated it was a thread at all.

In theory, copying a link to a toot here has a similar function, but I don't think it has the same effect. You don't see the entire 'd toot displayed clearly under the other one.

In my Mastodon app, clicking on the link to a "QT'd" toot takes me out of my app and into a browser. It's actually rather annoying.

I have also taken a screenshot of a toot and QT'd it that way, but this method loses the connection to the original account, and then that account also misses out on traffic coming to their feed.

#quotetweets #threads #qt

Last updated 1 year ago

Laura Sykes #Greeneralia · @greeneralia
1193 followers · 2859 posts · Server masto.ai

@GrahamDowns
I would be very happy to go along with your version and hope it gains traction.
There were plenty of tiresome people on the birdsite, I just don't remember being their main outlet.

#quotetweets #quotetoot #quoteboost #mastodon

Last updated 1 year ago

Andy McGuire šŸ• · @asjmcguire
711 followers · 2234 posts · Server mastodon.scot

@tokyo_0
"Leaves me trying to make sense of why I also feel pretty strongly that do more harm than good,"

regardless of the studies - test it yourself.

Pop on to Twitter. just spend 5 minutes. Count the number of QT's you see that are NOT an attempt to ridicule someone and encourage a twitter pile-on vs the number that are for that reason. I guess it could also be argued, that even if it is the case that QTs being used in a negative way is lower than we expected -

#quotetweets

Last updated 2 years ago

Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) · @tokyo_0
384 followers · 566 posts · Server mas.to

"Do QTs increase Twitter pile-ons or swarms? -- None of the studies could answer this question or estimate how often this happens."

This feels like a significant gap. šŸ¤”

It is interesting to see this kind of rigour applied to the research, though. Leaves me trying to make sense of why I also feel pretty strongly that do more harm than good, when that doesn't seem to be supported by the data. When shaping a , which should you trust?

absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/

#Mastodon #userexperience #quotetweets

Last updated 2 years ago

chrysomeles · @chrysomeles
121 followers · 1027 posts · Server mastodon.social

Ich kann schon verstehen, dass Leute ihre Initialposts hier & auf crossposten und das stƶrt mich Ć¼berhaupt nicht, ganz im Gegenteil.

Aber / spiegeln? Das erschlieƟt sich mir Ć¼berhaupt nicht. DafĆ¼r wƤre ich doch bei Twitter šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø

#twitter #retweets #quotetweets

Last updated 2 years ago

zbecker · @zbecker
119 followers · 473 posts · Server mastodon.zbecker.cc

@adam_caudill @SwiftOnSecurity

I never used , but seem quite helpful. If it were enabled I hope the OP gets pinged, so they can participate in the discussion.

#twitter #quotetweets

Last updated 2 years ago

CoolJojo šŸ˜„ · @Cooljojo
699 followers · 7715 posts · Server universeodon.com
J. Martin · @gyokusai
137 followers · 1857 posts · Server mastodon.social

This weekend I finally found the time to pore over the research by @hildabast, which is excellent in every respect. Thank you so much!
šŸ™ šŸ™ šŸ™

Although I was a heavy quotetweeter on Twitter, I was agnostic about it here. Now Iā€™ve come around to thinking that a QT/opt-in combination will enrich the Mastodon experience, plus other advantages as pointed out in the paper (e.g., for moderators).

absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/

#quotetweets

Last updated 2 years ago

Nire Bryce · @NireBryce
234 followers · 571 posts · Server hachyderm.io

while we're still thinking about it's probably worth looking at The Federated Timeline as an antifeature

the local timeline is great, you can pick your instance for it. But to post locally you have to also post to the firehose, and get all sorts of people jumping in just for the sake of it, instead of having to see you off a boost

#quotetweets

Last updated 2 years ago

Boiglenoight · @boiglenoight
120 followers · 869 posts · Server universeodon.com

@ignis problem I see with : someone posts a thread. Someone with a lot of followers reads it and finds a post in the middle that they dislike. They quote tweet it and attack it. Their followers see that, donā€™t bother to read context and boost just that post. It trends, people start making threats, weigh in with stupid takesā€¦ ended up the of social media.

#quotetweets #foxnews #thefive #Twitter #jerryspringer

Last updated 2 years ago

Boiglenoight · @boiglenoight
120 followers · 869 posts · Server universeodon.com

@JazzyDragon itā€™s a perception. I donā€™t have data but when I use as Iā€™ve done for about 2 months now, Iā€™ve yet to look at my feed and get angry. I donā€™t know if is the reason or Mastodon is still growing, but I am suspect of any effort to make it like . I also feel that this place is great because itā€™s not dominated by celebrities, politicians, etc. Thereā€™s no and everyone seems to have an equal voice.

#Mastodon #quotetweets #Twitter #algorithm

Last updated 2 years ago

FinchHaven · @FinchHaven
117 followers · 3048 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

@hildabast @Fascinatorfun

The point on is this:

There was a conscious design decision made at the highest software levels *not* to implement on Mastodon

It's not an accident

There are other alternative ways of accomplishing the same functionality that do *not* need an abuse vector that I have witnessed myself used against women by violent / / males

Why *add* in a rejected abuse vector just to satisfy a minority of new arrivals/slow learners?

#mastodon #quotetweets #incel #mra #misogynist

Last updated 2 years ago

Brian Mittge · @brianmittge
41 followers · 110 posts · Server newsie.social

@hildabast I'm a fan of quote tweets. I rarely saw them abused. To me they are a way to add something to the conversation while giving credit and exposure to the OP.

I'd love to see quote tweets available on Mastodon. Let's get it done!

#quotetweets #quoteboost

Last updated 2 years ago