2026-03-13 15:00 UTC
#Meta note on #Mastodon - why can I not "quote post" something unless I'm following the account but can just copy/paste the link to it in a new post? I don't understand why the difference is meaningful
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@FinchHaven@sfba.social 2026-03-13 15:18
@davetron5000@ruby.social Exactly, and link-pasting is exactly what I've done ever since I got on #Mastodon #QuotePosting was an enormous #MoralPanic about four years ago because #Twitter had it and #Mastodon didn't and all the big techy-bro rags convinced #Gargron that he was discouraging new migrants from Twitter because Mastodon didn't have #QuotePosts Took 'em about three years to do it, and everyone pretty much ignored quote posts when they were finally implemented, a lot because people could opt-out if they wanted and no one took them seriously IMO, YMMV...