Spyke
breakfastmtn
lemmy.ca

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.

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pastermilreply
sh.itjust.works

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

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semreply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

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

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Mohamedreply
lemmy.ca

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.

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paraphrandreply
lemmy.world

Calm down.

These are called mitigations. They will make a big impact.

A single tap to start spewing shit at someone is very different from having to enter someone’s username. Or even having to find someone’s username, depending on how the screenshot is handled. Friction is the point here.

You come off a bit like someone saying “you think this’ll fucking stop me?”

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paraphrandreply
lemmy.world

Screenshots will be fine in the case of fascists. It’s not like replies to them are effective anyway.

And I don’t remember seeing many “look at this damn pornbot” quote tweets.

This is a more constructive reply tho. Thank you.

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sibachianreply
lemmy.ml

everyone is well aware that screenshots can be easily faked.

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sem
lemmy.blahaj.zone

Will be one major barrier removed. I hope people will like these safer quote toots

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jqubed
lemmy.world

They say they’re going to propose some activity pub extensions to handle this. It seems to me like they should try to make this function in a way that works with how Lemmy handles cross-posts.

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kevincox
lemmy.ml

I'm very exited for this. Just boosting a post always seems so impersonal and out of context. I almost always want to add my own message to my followers. I regularly decide not to boost because of this. I would do it a lot more if I can add my own message/context.

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realitista
lemm.ee

Mastodon has a lot of work to do to catch up to Bluesky, but I hope they do it.

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