There's something I've been wanting to talk about for awhile.
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There's something I've been wanting to talk about for awhile.
Quote posts, limiting of quote posts, and how those features might be added to core AP.
As it is now, the way Threads does quote posting is when a person adds a link to another Threads post, it automatically turns into a "quote post".
They also have the option to limit posts from being quoted, which in turn completely stops anyone on Threads linking to that post.
To me, that is wild, but I can see it making sense on a closed platform.
However, given the way Fediverse works and a ton of people have their own instance/website, I think it would be absolutely asinine to attempt to stop someone from simply posting a link to another post.
Links have been part of the internet for awhile now and there's no other platform that stops people from using links, AFAIK.
So, to those working on AP, please consider another route for quote posts because if I cannot link to something on my own website, I'll be pretty livid honestly.
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drakkenzero@retro.pizzareplied to beaware@social.beaware.live last edited by
@BeAware So what happens on Threads if you post a link to someone that has their linkability turned off? Does it refuse to post the link at all, or does it just show it as a link instead of doing it like a quote?
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loganer@mastodon.socialreplied to beaware@social.beaware.live last edited by
@BeAware their restricting links now :KEKW: I want to introduce them to this thing called a screenshot.
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beaware@social.beaware.livereplied to loganer@mastodon.social last edited by
@loganer well, threads is restricting them on request on their own platform.
I can't say if thats how it would be developed on core AP, just putting it out there that it's a bad idea, just in case.
I hope they don't go this route, but given that's the way Threads does it, I thought I'd mention it.
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beaware@social.beaware.livereplied to drakkenzero@retro.pizza last edited by
@DrakkenZero refuses to post at all.