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mtjm
@mtjm@m.mtjm.eu

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services There is also quoting by pasting the link to the post which Mastodon treats as a quote (which can stay after deleting the link). This allows e.g. replying with a quote of another reply.

I hope there will be more software support for this kind of quotes, they are much more readable than Mastodon's handling of link previews.

Fedi.Tips
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@mtjm@m.mtjm.eu

Is there a specific advantage for this? (genuine question 🙂 )

There is already a quote button on replies anyway, I'm not sure why pasting the link would be better/easier?

mtjm
@mtjm@m.mtjm.eu

RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115504282309581828

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Threading. As far as I see, the button creates a top-most post, I don't know how to make a reply not by using the reply button.

So for example, I can reply to your one post and quote another. Not a practical example here, but I often see posts where others ask the same question and the original author could quote one reply when replying to the others.

Fedi.Tips
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p.p.s. I've updated the quoting guide on fedi.tips so it now tells people how to quote, how to write posts that can be quoted, and answers common questions aboout the quoting feature:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-cant-i-quote-other-posts-in-mastodon

Fedi.Tips
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@mtjm@m.mtjm.eu

Okay, I've added it to the guide at https://fedi.tips/why-cant-i-quote-other-posts-in-mastodon

It's in the section marked "How do I quote a post in a reply within a conversation thread?"

Hopefully this is correct, thanks again!

Fedi.Tips
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@mtjm@m.mtjm.eu

Ahhhh yeah, makes sense, thank you for this! 🙏 I'll add it to the guide.