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@emacsen Apparently the creators of the quote-tweet have had second thoughts: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/how-the-retweet-ruined-the-internet (Via https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/how-to-fix-twitter?s=w ) 5 comments
 I never thought about it that way.
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28 Apr 2022 at 22:43 | Open on gleasonator.com
 I want to argue about the words @Gargron used, but let's move on to content. The challenge with quote-tweets not being available is that they are useful as a mechanism for contextualizing, and that alone can be used for good, or ill. Can it be used for toxic behavior? Yes, but I'd like to see more about why this idea of inevitability comes from, and I'd like this discussion without absolutism or rhetoric, hence my frustration. I'll go one step further... Its function to separate a discussion from the original author can often be important. In the case of hate speech, it's quite common for an antisemite to post something, for a Jew to reply, then get blocked. Quote tweets allow someone to have a discussion separate from the author. That's the context I see it most in. If there's another mechanism we can use for similar interactions, please, please show me! Do we need to use screenshots?  @emacsen @mpjgregoire @Gargron Also going to address the elephant in the bathroom: Screenshots means the accessibility is heavily broken (specially as img alt attributes are supposed to be short).
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