Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse
Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse
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Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse
Mastodon is officially rolling out quote posts. Starting next week, you’ll see an option to quote another user by selecting the repost — or “boost” — button, allowing you to add your thoughts to someone else’s post.
The decentralized platform initially planned not to launch quote posts over concerns that they could be used for harassment or to take someone out of context. Mastodon reversed this decision in February, saying a lack of quote posts might discourage people from joining the fediverse.
rolling out to Mastodon*
You have to standardize it to roll that to the fediverse.
Mastodon is a subset of the fediverse.
If something is in Mastodon, it’s in the fediverse.
It's ALREADY in the fediverse with Misskey, Lemmy, and other APub software i don't know.
Sharkey, misskeys, pleroma, akkoma, wafrn and friendica already have quotes.
Sharkey already has quote posts.
I thought Misskey and its forks already supported quote posts?
They already have quotes.
Akkoma, Misskey and alike have had quote posts for ages now
It is likely most other software will be able to consume them.
This highlights what I believe to be a poor choice in the design of BlueSky's AT Protocol; ActivityPub software is usually liberal in what it accepts and displays, while ATProto enforces schemas ("lexicon").
It usually comes down to a difference in vision, the fediverses schtick is that you can follow Reddit from Twitter or whatever, whereas on atproto you use a different appview for different formats, like frontpage.fyi for links, and whtwnd.net for blogging.