Posts by Nonplayable@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #ARXIuvZYca7F2xAbjc by Nonplayable@mastodon.social
       2023-01-08T17:51:24Z
       
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       @Gargron I think any form of quote toot would kneecap the platform's appeal to me. On the one hand you've got the timeline filling up with posts from like, parlor.toot because some well meaning doofus wanted to quote it and get their dunks in, on the other hand if you can toggle it off, you miss good people using it to hype up other good people with glowing reviews or recommendations.Just let your boost be boost and toot be toot.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARXIuwfyWCqMT9BFNQ by Nonplayable@mastodon.social
       2023-01-11T01:23:19Z
       
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       @Erik @Gargron QuoteTweet is primarily used as a tool of the extreme right to bait other users into spreading their views by quoting it with some sort of pithy rebuttal, with the end result that the baiting account gains higher visibility on timelines. Removal of QT is a safety feature, especially on Masto, unless the devs want to get aggressive about cutting off instances devoted to right wing and fascist ideals
       
 (DIR) Post #ARXIuxK27Gt0TNvEoa by Nonplayable@mastodon.social
       2023-01-08T18:02:21Z
       
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       @Gargron Boost implies endorsement and keeps low quality, bad faith, and abusive posts in their own circles. Quoting allows the quoted to add commentary, so while someone's racist tirade might normally go unnoticed, now it has the ability to show up with like, "Wow, they really said the quiet part out loud":'racist tirade here'
       
 (DIR) Post #ARXIuyw07aqpTQh4dM by Nonplayable@mastodon.social
       2023-01-11T12:53:17Z
       
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       @Erik @Gargron Screenshots are every bit as effective without bringing increased prominence to the account
       
 (DIR) Post #ARXIv08ReoOpCJWWfY by Nonplayable@mastodon.social
       2023-01-11T13:09:07Z
       
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       @Erik @Gargron And those can be reported. But the extra two or three steps provide enough buffer, by being slightly less convenient, to prevent knee jerk QTs that serve to spread vitriol, or to prevent pile-ons from being quoted by a popular user.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARXIv16i2kbaDDiebQ by Nonplayable@mastodon.social
       2023-01-11T14:01:11Z
       
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       @Erik @Gargron because a boost implies endorsement of the original post, while a quote does not necessarily - the additional steps of either linking to and clicking through a post, or screenshot, crop, attach, and post, are a natural barrier to knee jerk reactions that are more effective than Twitter 's scolding pop-up.And as you demonstrate, a bad faith admin with a bad faith instance can do whatever it wants on Masto, but at least a barrier of inconveniences exists
       
 (DIR) Post #ARXIv1e22rGBsZJGXg by Nonplayable@mastodon.social
       2023-01-11T14:02:32Z
       
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       @Erik @Gargron Currently the site is usable without a 40,000 account long Blocklist, but that changes the more "twitter-like" it becomes