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Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon (blog.joinmastodon.org)
submitted 1 week ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 65 points 1 week ago (4 children)

They're really doing this right:

As explained above, the team started out with a shared view that Quote Posts can be misused. Many people simply do not want their content to be reframed by others; or they may find that if it is reposted, they receive unwelcome attention.

In order to mitigate these issues, we plan to include several features in our implementation:

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.

We also want to build a tight integration for Quote Posts with the reporting functionality, to help people to feel more safe.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, people can always takes screenshot, which have greater chance of things getting framed out of context.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

True but also slightly more friction to get back to the original account -- have to search them instead of just click

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Exactly why it's so easy to get taken out of context

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Just thinking out loud here.

I disagree with being able to opt out of being quoted, but I agree that one should be able to opt out of having their account visible in the the Quote Post. Or maybe I am misunderstanding what a Quote Post is supposed to be? I am thinking of it as a way to share someone else's post, but also verifying the the quote wasnt just made up.