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Bringing this highly requested feature to #Mastodon and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming. Here is our latest write-up about our progress:
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/
It's about time. This will make many of my posts calling attention to artwork and projects by others much more effective. I've been very frustrated with how difficult it is to do this ever since I joined.
Simply boosting and commenting then boosting the comment isn't the same.
One other use case:
I sometimes want to share political news, but it's not tagged with "us pol" and I promised those who follow me I'd use that tag unless it was really important. Or there is a funny image with no alt text.
The ability to add context means more things will get shared.
Heck, I know people who don't share my posts with insect photos because they have a few people who follow them who are scared of insects. This is a more elegant solution.
@futurebird @MastodonEngineering Yes, adding cw or burying an offensive image in link preview is a huge feature.
@futurebird @MastodonEngineering I'm so psyched for what the communities on Mastodon come up with using quoting.