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This needs to be said, again and again and again and again, for as long as it is necessary. mastodon.social/@andymoose/113…

BenderIsGreat34 (@andymoose@mastodon.social)

I know everyone is desensitized to this now, after so many years of this bullshit, but can I just say how fucking insane it is that Americans voted in an actual felon for President and before he’s even sworn in is literally threatening invasion of NA…
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Andre Louis

@VE3RWJ Again, quoting is *not* an officially supported Mastodon thing, so you shouldn't have to be using any specific client at all. If any client supports quote-posting then it is 100% unofficial and not endorsed by Mastodon as a whole. Yes, it works (for some people) but again, not official.
Plus, quote-posting leads to shit-posting and the original poster may not even be able to see that their post has been mentioned, because it's not a direct @ mention in the first place.
I despise it.
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Andre Louis

@VE3RWJ Quote-posting definitely does not need to exist at all, under any circumstances.

If you do so, you can equally be shit-posted about by others. That's what quote posting basically is. Even if you potentially say something nice, the original poster will never ever know you did so. No threading, so it might as well be a statement made behind your back that nobody knows about. If you wouldn't like people potentially saying bad things about you, don't potentially say bad things about them. That's all there is to it. Not even a question here. Just simple fact. Quoting is beyond bad, especially given current implementation.

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Borris

@VE3RWJ It’s not just the lack of support for it, it’s also the lack of proper attribution and threading that really, really bothers me about the way quoting (doesn’t) work. I wish there was a way to block posts from being quoted at all, or I would do it for mine. So many times, I have been quoted, new threads have been started, and I had no clue whatsoever.
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victor tsaran

@BorrisInABox @VE3RWJ Yeah, I totally get it. I just think of quoting the way I use it in chat rooms. I want to clarify or augment someone else's post. Frequently, it's also about providing more context or boosting a certain comment from a longer discussion. It works quite well in a work environment where things can quickly spin out of control. I personally like the ability to quote, but perhaps the implementation should be better. (1/2)
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