Jure Repinc@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoMastodon 4.3 releasedblog.joinmastodon.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldfediverse@lemmy.worldmastodon@lemmy.mlfediverse@lemmy.zip
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkMastodon 4.3 releasedblog.joinmastodon.orgJure Repinc@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldfediverse@lemmy.worldmastodon@lemmy.mlfediverse@lemmy.zip
minus-squareSlippiHUD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoI’m hoping quote posts don’t result in more toxic twitter-like discourse. It’s one of the things I like about mastodon.
minus-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI’m hopeful as well. People can already quote and link, it’s just we don’t have a nice interface around it
minus-squareDame @lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThat’s actually a misconception. This blogpost touches on that https://privacy.thenexus.today/black-twitter-quoting-and-white-toxicity-on-mastodon/ This discusses studies https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/01/12/quote-tweeting-over-30-studies-dispel-some-myths/?ref=privacy.thenexus.today Also, the Fediverse largely has already have this feature on other platforms and there’s been no mention of toxicity levels increasing. In fact Mastodon has a feature that is actually a known tool for toxicity and harassment which is the PM (Private Mention) feature. I’ve yet to see people call for it to be removed but that’s mostly due to only Black and Brown folks complaining about how they’re harassed via PMs. Others typically dismiss their claims.
I’m hoping quote posts don’t result in more toxic twitter-like discourse. It’s one of the things I like about mastodon.
I’m hopeful as well. People can already quote and link, it’s just we don’t have a nice interface around it
That’s actually a misconception. This blogpost touches on that https://privacy.thenexus.today/black-twitter-quoting-and-white-toxicity-on-mastodon/ This discusses studies https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/01/12/quote-tweeting-over-30-studies-dispel-some-myths/?ref=privacy.thenexus.today Also, the Fediverse largely has already have this feature on other platforms and there’s been no mention of toxicity levels increasing. In fact Mastodon has a feature that is actually a known tool for toxicity and harassment which is the PM (Private Mention) feature. I’ve yet to see people call for it to be removed but that’s mostly due to only Black and Brown folks complaining about how they’re harassed via PMs. Others typically dismiss their claims.