It is a bit crazy to me that links to toots don't open in the official web client for Mastodon, but in a new tab, so that you have to
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It is a bit crazy to me that links to toots don't open in the official web client for Mastodon, but in a new tab, so that you have to
- copy the URL
- paste it into search
- and then click to open itif you want to open it in your client and be able to like, retoot or comment.
This breaks the whole interoperability point of ActivityPub a bit too much, to my liking.
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jsonculverhouse@flipboard.socialreplied to forteller@tutoteket.no last edited by
yes, this is a pain. What you are describing is basically a "quote post" which mastodon does not support.
There are other services that do support via #fep-e232
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beaware@social.beaware.livereplied to jsonculverhouse@flipboard.social last edited by
@JsonCulverhouse @forteller to be honest, I don't consider a link to be a "quote post".
As far as I'm aware, Threads is the only "Fediverse" platform that does things this way and is quite a bad take in my opinion.
Threads automatically turns links into quote posts and with the ability to disable quote posts, it also disables linking to a post.
Links have been on the internet almost since it's inception and if there comes a time where I cannot simply link to another post on my own website, I'll be absolutely livid.
That's not how these things should be done.