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[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The interface is more customizable, and there are more features (quote posts, for instance)

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

mastodon didn’t have quote posts 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

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Some mastodon apps do support quotes though, by loading any linked toots in the posts themselves

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That just sounds like them deciding how I can communicate. Quoting is not inherently toxic, they're just used to how Twitter users utilize it. I've also seen plenty of people use quoting of posts for boosting someone's post without copying it, since copying it breaks the link back to the original post. I used to quote-tweet Patreon, GoFundMe, or donation link posts sometimes.