So I love that we've got quote-tooting now (with relatively granular controls as well).
But. "Post pending" and "you are not authorized to see this" (that last one is paraphrased, I don't recall the exact wording) do make for an odd #mastodon #quoteToot experience.
Like... What am I supposed to do here? Ask OP what they quoted? Bookmark all the toots where that happens and come back to them later!? (Thats really not economical and definitely not top of my list)
What's you all's strategy!?
I would like a setting matrix for Mastodon regarding the quote feature.
I will like to define that if I post public, quotes are allowed, but if post unlisted or to followers only it's not.
Right now I need to change the settings for each post if I change the visibility of the that post. Would be nice if I could define this in the settings based on the post visibility.
In the near future, "Quoting" of posts will be available on oslo.town and across Mastodon.
The implementation aims to focus on safety and mental health – not just on engagement. And you're in control of who quotes you.
If you want to find out how that works, check out this blog post from Mastodon: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/introducing-quote-posts/
In the near future, "Quoting" of posts will be available on oslo.town and across Mastodon.
The implementation aims to focus on safety and mental health – not just on engagement. And you're in control of who quotes you.
If you want to find out how that works, check out this blog post from Mastodon: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/introducing-quote-posts/
If you'd like to help answer this #ActivityPub question about #QuoteToot implementation - all the details are at https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/quote-post-implementation-issues/8032
Here's the Quote Request Mastodon sends me.
https://colours.bots.edent.tel/data/inbox/68d979af-145daa4fe72cf333caba16effb8419ee85f7ed100b15c7ec16b0394629a309bb.json
This is the Stamp my bot generates.
https://colours.bots.edent.tel/quotes/68d979af-3a15-f520-ac6e-13b2d6d96d1b.json
This is the Accept my bot sends Mastodon.
https://colours.bots.edent.tel/quotes/68d979af-aeb1-83c3-a66c-fcb359e1ff90.json
The Mastodon.Social server shows the quote toot. External servers don't.
Please, someone explain what bone-headed mistake I've made.
(Edit: Updated the links)
#ActivityPub #MastodonAPI
If you'd like to help answer this #ActivityPub question about #QuoteToot implementation - all the details are at https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/quote-post-implementation-issues/8032
I want to allow my bots' posts to be quoted.
Do I need all these interaction policies - or can I just have the simplified interactionPolicy?
Just a point on the #QuoteToot stuff.
ActivityPub servers which present proper #OpenGraphProtocol tags *already* show as QT.
It's right there in the page's source code but only (partially) exposed in the UI.
100% agree. It is sad to see the disappearance of one of the foundational Mastodon conventions.
Not having a #QuoteToot facility means that we always speak _to_the other, we don't speak _about_ them to others. "I and Thou", not "I and They". When I arrived here in November 2022, it was these kind of conventions that immediately made me feel at home. Sad to see it go.
I will try to adopt your policy of calm avoidance, without getting too upset about it.
#noQT#IAndThou#MastodonCulture
