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#QuoteToots
Here’s the contrast: Toot! vs Ice Cubes.
Update: scroll down the thread and you’ll see what @tootapp has planned, which is great news from a very cute app.
Ice Cubes screen shot shows that the commentary text comes above the quoted toot which is embedded in a lightly shaded box including the name of the person and time of posting.
Toot! app screenshot showing that a quote boost starts with a link to the original toot as “RE: link etc” which means you have to click on the link to see what’s going on, and get more details about person and time.
Here’s the link to the post that shows what @tootapp has in mind for #QuoteToots display.
So #QuoteToots have come to @IceCubesApp and display beautifully, but not yet to Toot! app where they also don’t really display in a functional way. It’s often this way.
RE: https://aus.social/@kate/115515919914605595
It’s worth remembering that your #QuoteToots may not yet display for others in the way you expect. The app culture is always catching up. But honestly @IceCubesApp has done a nice job.
So #QuoteToots have come to @IceCubesApp and display beautifully, but not yet to Toot! app where they also don’t really display in a functional way. It’s often this way.
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
and 10 others
boosted
Mastodon 4.5 is set to launch this week and there's something you should know:
All you need to quote a toot is to paste the link of said toot. Or, of course, you can use the boost button and select "Quote".
But pasting a link also works, automatically. If the author allows to be quoted, the toot will appear in the compose field. If not, it'll be just a simple, plain link.
In the end, both paths lead to the same destination: to quote a toot. And, if the author allows quotes, this will generate a notification to them.
So it's important to know that this also works with private mentions, aka DMs.
Even if you don't mention the author's profile (user@instance.tld), if you simply paste a link to their post, and they allow quotes, they will be notified.
If they don't allow quotes, it'll be just a simple and plain link, and no notification will be sent to them.
So be careful not to end up mentioning someone in a DM without the intention of doing so.
They'll be able to see the DM content where the link was pasted, as if you'd have mentioned them explicitly. But it was just a quoted toot.
Let's see what they say about this: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/36685
Anke
and 2 others
boosted
There are now two pull requests proposing changes to quote toots inside private mentions (DM).
When composing a DM, pasting a link will not create a quote: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/36690 When composing a DM, it'll not be sent if it quotes a toot from someone not mentioned: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/36689
If approved, the changes will be merged into Mastodon's source code.
There are now two pull requests proposing changes to quote toots inside private mentions (DM).
When composing a DM, pasting a link will not create a quote: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/36690 When composing a DM, it'll not be sent if it quotes a toot from someone not mentioned: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/36689
If approved, the changes will be merged into Mastodon's source code.
Mastodon 4.5 is set to launch this week and there's something you should know:
All you need to quote a toot is to paste the link of said toot. Or, of course, you can use the boost button and select "Quote".
But pasting a link also works, automatically. If the author allows to be quoted, the toot will appear in the compose field. If not, it'll be just a simple, plain link.
In the end, both paths lead to the same destination: to quote a toot. And, if the author allows quotes, this will generate a notification to them.
So it's important to know that this also works with private mentions, aka DMs.
Even if you don't mention the author's profile (user@instance.tld), if you simply paste a link to their post, and they allow quotes, they will be notified.
If they don't allow quotes, it'll be just a simple and plain link, and no notification will be sent to them.
So be careful not to end up mentioning someone in a DM without the intention of doing so.
They'll be able to see the DM content where the link was pasted, as if you'd have mentioned them explicitly. But it was just a quoted toot.
Let's see what they say about this: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/36685
One of the devs replied to the discussion I started in the Mastodon repo:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/36685#discussioncomment-14856034