If you see a post you want to share but you want to add a Content Warning (CW), it is now very easy to do this:
1. Go to the post you want to share
2. Quote the post (on the web interface click 🔁
Boost and then "Quote")
3. Add a CW to your own post, the one that appears above the post being quoted. This will hide everything in your post including the quoted post.
This used to be impossible, but since Mastodon added quoting it also allows adding CWs to posts you want to share.
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I would guess the same applies to alt text for images.
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I have mixed feelings about quote toots but they are here now, for some, so I guess it is what it is
Do you know when the various apps will start offering them?
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So am I really the only person to quote this so far, or are they not visible because you haven't approved and quotes yet?
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services possibly the only valid use for quooting. (Certainly the only way I'll use it.)
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I imagine this also means that one can simply add comments to posts as well. This is something I used to be able to do on Facebook, and I found it annoying that I couldn't do so here.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services are the original posters notified of quote boosts or not? I've asked specifically about Mastodon to Mastodon, and some answers said no. Some said yes. No one I talked with knew if it happens in one way or another in specific conditions.
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Does this feature have to be implemented on the individual instance, because it's not available for me.
Using the web interface in firefox.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services First time I actually think the quote function has added value 😜
@HardBeingGreen@theblower.au
It's entirely in the hands of the app developers, you would have to ask them! 🙂
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Yes they are notified, they get a notification similar to what they would get if their post was boosted or favourited.
This is only if people are using the quote feature, it doesn't notify people if it's some unofficial method such as screenshots etc.
@shadowfals@toot.cat
Yes they are notified, they get a notification similar to what they would get if their post was boosted or favourited.
This is only if people are using the quote feature, it doesn't notify people if it's some unofficial method such as screenshots etc.
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