So, let's talk about #quoteToots (known presumably as #quoteTweets on that other place).
There's a lot of negative sentiment about them here because, apparently, of the way they are often used negatively.
Contrarararailliry, there's also a lot of positive sentiment -- i.e. people wanting that feature here -- presumably because of the positive ways in which they can be used -- e.g. what @ursulav says here:
God, I miss the quote tweet function. I wind up with a platform, Mastodon! I want to show people stuff with a comment about why it’s awesome, not just link and hope people read the replies!
...so, I think I'd like to collect more information about positive uses of this function.
(Please note that I'm not in a position to implement this anytime soon; I'm just in a position to spread/platform the best information I can find.)
@woozle @ursulav The feature is intentionally omitted on Mastodon. Research at Twitter years ago discovered that quote tweets are the primary trigger of tempests in a teapot viral trends. Mastodon is designed to add friction to the process of something going viral.
I think the result here is excellent and we are all enjoying it.
