- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
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.
Lemmy still doesn’t have crossposts as far as I know
It does
Kinda…
Sharkey already has quote posts.
(Almost) all services (except Mastodon) have had quote posts for years/decades.
(Sharkey, Misskey, Friendica, Hubzilla, Pleroma, Akkoma, etc.)
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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”).
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It’s a difference in vision, but I don’t like BlueSky’s vision here.
Combining the Reddit-like and Twitter-like experiences in one place is a little awkward, but following a blog or a Youtube-like from a Twitter-like isn’t. Having the option to switch to a more optimal appview is great, but realistically a lot more people would follow a blog from BlueSky than would use their BlueSky identity to sign into WhiteWind.
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When a substantial fraction of users are actually using an appview with that trait, that will be great.
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You can write software to filter on arbitrary criteria with ActivityPub, or email, or IRC, or virtually any other protocol. My point is that ATProto is designed to actively encourage it, and the flagship implementation does so. Subtle hints in interfaces have a big impact on how people, including developers use software.