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@heliomass

Very interesting and informative article on Quote Posting. Really appreciate that the Mastodon dev team is talking to the community and thinking this through...

"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."

@mastodonmigration @heliomass These details of implementation are in that category of ideas so simple and obvious, no-one has thought of them before!

The whole opposition to QTs comes from control being with the QTer, thus opening up a vector for coordinated harassment. I know what it's like being bombarded with aggressive comments because some 5-figure follower account has rallied their minions with a QT.

Even as someone who isn't vulnerable, it still raised my stress levels through the roof.

@ApostateEnglishman @heliomass

Curious if you think the ability to deny the ability to quote your posts, changes this power balance?

@mastodonmigration @heliomass It's a big improvement, but wouldn't prevent the scenario of being *offline* for a few hours, only to return to 200+ notifications from strangers all spoiling for a fight because some large account whipped them up by QTing you out-of-context.

At that point, the damage is already done regardless of whether you withdraw the QT.

But if you catch it straight away? Yeah, that would stop the abusive behaviour in its tracks. So I guess the answer to you is, "yes and no".

@ApostateEnglishman @heliomass

Thst makes sense. Seems like the implementation would per.it you to block posts from ever being quoted too. Perhaps opting out entirely is the safest thing to do unless you are prepared for the potential abuse.