Apparently the great war that journalists of masto are getting ready to fight is quote tweets.
Honestly, I see both sides. Journos generally use them one way, and usually aren't in the right part of twitter to see how they get used for life-ruining/doxxing/swatting/pro-suicide pile-ons at gay teens, pro-ana, and shit like that.
I don't have an answer here, per se, though I think some friction is probably better for the overall ecosystem.
use the post's url, see if that works.
@JoshuaACasey same argument for restricting guns too, and environmental dumping laws.
shit's complicated, yo