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Neil Brown
Neil Brown

Neil Brown

neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

Neil Brown

neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

English Internet, telecoms, and tech lawyer (decoded.legal).

Linux / FOSS, legal stuff, and puns. Terrible puns.

He/him. Cishet, lucky husband.

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Neil Brown
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Neil Brown

2 months ago • •

Neil Brown

2 months ago • •


Here's what I was looking for: the Mastodon UX around quote toots.

It looks like:

  • it is opt-out rather than opt-in, with a default that everyone can quote your toots.
  • if you mention someone, they are always able to quote that toot (i.e. there is no option for "I am never quotable").

#Mastodon #QuoteToots #fedimeta

Who can quote

Everyone
Mentioned users are always allowed to quote. This setting will only take
effect for posts created with the next Mastodon version, but you can
select your preference in preparation
#Mastodon #QuoteToots #fedimeta
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Mikołaj Hołysz
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Mikołaj Hołysz

in reply to Neil Brown • 2 months ago • •

Ah, so reasonable people who aren't aware of the settings will be quoted by those who love to dogpile, but those knowingly spreading misinformation will be uncorrectable.

I literally just came back here after a few months break, and that's one of the first things I see. *sighs*

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citc

in reply to Mikołaj Hołysz • 2 months ago • •

@Mikołaj Hołysz

those knowingly spreading misinformation will be uncorrectable


Fediverse should be more robust; we will see

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Mikołaj Hołysz

in reply to citc • 2 months ago • •
@citc I mean, the right aproach to that problem is a service like Birdwatch (now rebranded as "community notes"), but it has... too much of a musky smell to it.
@citc
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