I get that #quoteposts are often used to dunk on people. To take someone's post and place yours above it to say they are an idiot. That sucks.
But I don't care so much about quoting "posts". I want to share articles, podcast episodes and videos with a comment re why it's awesome. And while we can do that, someday all of those things should also be natively fedi content. And when I do this kind of QP, it should count as a boost. That's what I want. #SocialWeb
Does that make sense? #QuoteBoosts?
[I'm already hating myself for even bothering to beat this damned dead horse again]
"Making quote posts opt-in basically means that it will be hardly ever used, so why even bother investing all the time to develop it in the first place?"
#QuotePosts on #Mastodon have been made opt-in (the user decides whether their posts may be quote posted or not) thus preventing (as the most prevalent example) the dog-piling by armies of angry misogynist incel males who used to broadcaast a woman's post to a cc list of their angry misogynist incel male 'brothers' so the bros could execute a wholesale assault
I witnessed this scores of times on Twitter
You missed it? Or didn't care?
None of this may concern you, but at least #Gargron and the Mastodon devs had the sense to make their concerns known (what? two years ago?) and not just rush in to unleashing this weapon on demand
The 'demand' coming from 99% males, not surprisingly
You can still quote post; just opt-out from any controls, or don't use them
Because there's no #quoteposts feature on #Mastodon, I will sometimes reply to others' toots with quotes from a link they posted about, or make a statement that links to their original post. I'm not directly replying to them specifically, but want to amplify their post/toot with additional msging beyond just boosting.
Finally! Mastodon is adding the ability to quote posts, enhancing community interaction and engagement while addressing potential misuse. You choose whether your posts can be quoted, get notified when they are, and withdraw quotes at any time.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/
Was checking the news!
Quote Posts...I hope it will turn out okay as long as I can choose what I quote...
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/
"You will be able to choose whether your posts can be quoted at all."
"You will be notified when someone quotes you."
"You will be able to withdraw your post from the quoted context at any time."
@LaurensHof @mala thanks for the detailed summary. Can't help but wonder as to the diversity of the folks involved in these working groups, and how many non-White people have been involved in the conversation.
It seems problematic to me that talk of "dunking" is overshadowing any corresponding commentary about the role that #QuotePosts play in #accountability, how (and if) #Mastodon may handle moderation & accountability differently to other platforms, etc. Blak folks have been critiquing the inherent white privilege in the perspective that quotes are unilaterally bad since the fediverse existed.
Personally, I appreciate that #QuotePosts are coming to #Mastodon. The approach chosen sounds absolutely reasonable to me! 
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/
Mastodon will add Quote Posts, even though some Users don’t want Them. 
Mastodon is making a change that might have some users divided. In an update, the decentralized platform announced that it’s working to add quote posts “to help people to transition away from proprietary, billionaire-owned social media to the open social web”.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/
![[ImageSource: MastodonEngineering]
But there are some technical hurdles that Mastodon will have to overcome to enable quote posts. For one, quote posts aren’t standardized, meaning there isn’t a set way to build the feature into ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol used by Mastodon. The platform adds that quote posts will impact a large portion of Mastodon’s codebase, so it will “take more time to develop.”
There isn’t a timeframe for when we can expect quote posts to arrive on Mastodon, but it aims to create a specification that will allow other Fediverse applications to implement quote posts as well. Mastodon first considered introducing quote posts in 2023 and received a grant to work on the project.
<https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/05/a-new-onboarding-experience-on-mastodon/#:~:text=And%20our%20work,these%20updates%20soon.>
“We know that Quote Posts are a source of concern for some members of the community, and highly-requested by others,” Mastodon says. “We’re committed to sharing our progress, and listening to your feedback.”](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/042/019/748/078/584/original/7ff45630c1ef1dc2.png "[ImageSource: MastodonEngineering]
But there are some technical hurdles that Mastodon will have to overcome to enable quote posts. For one, quote posts aren’t standardized, meaning there isn’t a set way to build the feature into ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol used by Mastodon. The platform adds that quote posts will impact a large portion of Mastodon’s codebase, so it will “take more time to develop.”
There isn’t a timeframe for when we can expect quote posts to arrive on Mastodon, but it aims to create a specification that will allow other Fediverse applications to implement quote posts as well. Mastodon first considered introducing quote posts in 2023 and received a grant to work on the project.
<https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/05/a-new-onboarding-experience-on-mastodon/#:~:text=And%20our%20work,these%20updates%20soon.>
“We know that Quote Posts are a source of concern for some members of the community, and highly-requested by others,” Mastodon says. “We’re committed to sharing our progress, and listening to your feedback.”")
Im also confused due to two primary reasons. 1) Most of the other #fediverse microblogging platforms have long had quote posts, is there any research and evidence to support that the Fediverse is more toxic due to these platforms? 2) The real vector of abuse on #Mastodon is Private Mention (PM) it has long been criticised and laid out by Black and Brown folks, I guess that’s why it falls on deaf ears and non of the Mastodon team made any blogposts discussing them getting rid of the feature. I also fail to see any anti quote users be passionate about abolishing PM. Also, if #QuotePosts are the reason for harassment and toxicity then what has Mastodon’s issues for years with harassment, racism, toxicity etc as those exist without #QuoteToots
For the #Mastodon crowd so anti quote posts. I need research evidence of the supposed toxicity of the feature. I’d like people to read these in good faith:
https://privacy.thenexus.today/black-twitter-quoting-and-white-toxicity-on-mastodon/
https://techpolicy.press/the-whiteness-of-mastodon
I do ask in good faith any research and substantial evidence to backup the claims against quote posts. #Quotetoots #quoteboosts #quoteposts #fediverse #Blackfedi #fedi
ICYMI: Mastodon to introduce quote posts with focus on user control https://ppc.land/mastodon-to-introduce-quote-posts-with-focus-on-user-control/ #Mastodon #SocialMedia #UserControl #QuotePosts #Privacy
ICYMI: Mastodon to introduce quote posts with focus on user control: Social network to add long-requested feature with safety controls, allowing users to manage how their content is shared https://ppc.land/mastodon-to-introduce-quote-posts-with-focus-on-user-control/ #Mastodon #SocialMedia #UserControl #QuotePosts #Privacy
I feel like #Mastodon quote toots proposal is overengineered. Why not stick to a basic implementation used by Misskeys and Akkomas?
It would be too much work for a feature that effectively duplicates the functionality of replies.
Here's the thing about #QuotePosts - it doesn't matter what #Mastodon does, how much they "thought about" it, how "smart" they were with making an "abuse-proof" system, because client apps already do them, and your client app IS your Mastodon experience.
The most important thing a client app can do, with respect to quote posts, is ignore the official guidelines, and keep doing things the way they were doing things.
Oh wow - is this for real? #Mastodon #quoteposts https://ppc.land/mastodon-to-introduce-quote-posts-with-focus-on-user-control/
The thing I really want from quote boosts/quote posts on Mastodon?
Put the quoted text first, then put the commentary or reply *after it*.
This shouldn't be a weird idea. As the old adage puts it:
Because it reverses the normal order of reading.
> Why is bottom-quoting bad?
I very much welcome quote posts. Despite the fears that some have about it, I believe it’s needed.
What’s important is that the @Mastodon team was mindful about their decision, spending ages simply considering it.
There’s an opt-out, which means those who want it can use it. And those who don’t, can keep it from happening to their posts.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/
ICYMI: Mastodon to introduce quote posts with focus on user control https://ppc.land/mastodon-to-introduce-quote-posts-with-focus-on-user-control/ #Mastodon #SocialMedia #UserControl #QuotePosts #SafetyFeatures
ICYMI: Mastodon to introduce quote posts with focus on user control: Social network to add long-requested feature with safety controls, allowing users to manage how their content is shared https://ppc.land/mastodon-to-introduce-quote-posts-with-focus-on-user-control/ #Mastodon #SocialMedia #UserControl #QuotePosts #SafetyFeatures
