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 @ManitouRyan @JustinH @almenal99 That is only considering the person who is quoting. The person being quoted needs considering too. Personally, I like the idea of a quote post feature, provided that the person who is being quoted has chosen to enable that. IMHO, it should be off by default, and the person can choose to enable it for all their posts, or control it per-post, like the visibility settings. 6 comments
@neil @ManitouRyan @JustinH @almenal99 That would only work if every instance supported the feature and also honoured it.
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@ManitouRyan @JustinH @almenal99 That is my view - I get that people want it, and that some people don't, and I don't think it needs to be as polarising as it seems to be! @neil @JustinH @almenal99 I used that as one example. There are some other basic things, too, which I won't bother breaking down here, point by point. I've seen conversations here with people complaining about "the normies" when decrying people who want some basic functionality (like search?) they've become accustomed to. If you're a non-tech, non-alt-culture type who hears talk like that about the general population, do you feel welcome? Do you wanna join? Is our goal to keep people out? @neil @JustinH @almenal99 The reason I have strong feelings about this is that I want to see people come to Mastodon (or another Fediverse alternative). It seems like the time is ripe to stop people from always running to the tech bros like Zuck, Musk, Dorsey, etc., walking into their horrible data privacy and tracking practices. We have to welcome and listen to them, though. @ManitouRyan @JustinH @almenal99 > people who want some basic functionality (like search?) But what search? Search of their own posts, for "oh, I'm sure I posted this!" purposes? Probably uncontroversial. Search of posts which have already been on their timeline? Again, probably uncontroversial, as long as deleted posts are not searchable. Search *across the fediverse*, including posts of people you don't follow? More controversial (and tricky, technically), and I'd err on opt-in again. |
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