Post APL6oPk3ICvn0aP3BI by randomwalker@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #APL6oNsUDsUPEAKl3A by randomwalker@mastodon.social
       2022-11-06T17:00:56Z
       
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       Mastodon deliberately has no quote-toot feature because it leads to toxicity https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/99662106175542726 💯But can't people achieve the same (toxic) effect by linking to toots instead of quoting? I think not. The couple extra steps involved in posting a link are enough to get you to stop and think about what you're doing. A more subtle reason is that pile-ons work by making the quoted tweet the butt of a joke, and jokes don't work if you have to click a link to see the punchline.
       
 (DIR) Post #APL6oPk3ICvn0aP3BI by randomwalker@mastodon.social
       2022-11-06T18:01:59Z
       
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       As many people have said, quote tweeting does have benefits, like providing context to your followers to explain why they might want to read the quoted thread.I wonder if there's a way to have the best of both worlds: allow quote toots, but **require approval by the original poster**. QTs sit in the original poster's notifications and aren't visible to anyone else until approved. It's a bit like a comments section where only approved comments are posted. Just thinking out loud!