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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg (arstechnica.com)
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His grand vision remains to leave Mastodon users in control of the social network, making their own decisions about what content is allowed or what appears in their timelines.

I don't use Mastadon cause I don't care for micro-blogging, but nevertheless, I like this.

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[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the lack of quote tweets is a feature and not a bug. They facilitate a lot of antisocial behavior on other microblogging sites as I recall.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think Mastodon changed their mind about it due to user feedback, and "Quote Posts" is on the current Mastodon roadmap. Not sure when it will be added - maybe sometime in 2025?

https://joinmastodon.org/roadmap

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Oh dang. I'm sure users wanted it, but it's too effective as a mobbing tool. I don't think it'll help the protocol.

[–] pory@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

If you block somebody that quote posts you on Bluesky, their quote post no longer has your post in it or anything pointing to you. You also can straight up delete people's replies to your posts there. Hopefully Masto's iteration on QRTs works similarly, though people always have the option to "screenshot dunk" instead.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 2 points 18 hours ago

I think they decided on an opt in feature.