I think I just had THE fediverse moment:Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video.

[sunnythesheep@mastodon.social]

@MishaVelthuis also make sure the URL doesn't contain empty spaces (at the end) in order for quote pasting to work. Also, you can't add a quote afterwards by editing a post, if that post didn't contain a quote already And ofc also, some posts aren't allowed to be quoted due to privacy settings, but that's another topic.

So, what's the other way/s to quote, if quote-pasting doesn't work? Generally: hit the share button and then choose quoting❞ instead of sharing.

@adipoeserPursch @hikingdude

[sunnythesheep@mastodon.social]

@MishaVelthuis while this doesn't work for replies, cause it will create an independent, new post (containing the quote), there's a work-around (at least in the mobile browser, don't know if in the app/s):

1) normally reply where you want to reply

2) immediately leave the edit window, by going in your bowser and search for the post you want to quote

3) now choose the option "quote" (❞) via the share button

and, as a result, you'll have a reply with a quote

@adipoeserPursch @hikingdude

[slothrop@chaos.social]

@hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video Hah, that does work!

I went to the Loops page, and was looking for a Follow link there - which I couldn't find. Didn't think this through...

Thanks!

[sunnythesheep@mastodon.social]

@MishaVelthuis and yes, Mastodon sometimes creates really nice previews for external links, that ALMOST look like a quote, like it did for your original post (which I screenshotted here). But:

- in this preview you can't click username handles and hashtags

- you can't start the video without leaving Mastodon

- Mastodon (or in this case: Loops) also doesn't "count" that as quotes (which you could see in the Loops post), plus the creator won't get noticed.

@adipoeserPursch @hikingdude

[xchaos@f.cz]

@hikingdude but it was like this all the time: you can upload videos even to non-loops, non-peertube platforms, and still watch it here.

This is what Internet was intended to be.

[danielcasanueva@mstdn.social]

@hikingdude Yeah! This is one of the killer features for me!

[coreysnipes@hachyderm.io]

@slothrop Eh, don't feel bad - I had the same problem. Fedi integration is nice but far from seamless. Lots of paths to get to the content and profile, but not all of them offer the follow. Thanks Franz! @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video

[npars01@mstdn.social]

@hikingdude

Any attempt to de-Google is good.

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[hikingdude@mastodon.social]

@xChaos sure, the difference to me is that loops integrates "all the possible content" into the fediverse, not just if someone decides to post a link.

Like this video. Sure I could have watched it somewhere else - but I wouldn't have known about it.

[xchaos@f.cz]

@hikingdude I only wanted to say, that it is exactly same as Peertube. I don't mind being as much federated with everything, as possible.

[mistergibson@turtleisland.social]

@hikingdude I love how integration is going.

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@hikingdude yup, the first time is particularly magic. For me it was with a PeerTube video, barely a few weeks after joining.

[fedops@fosstodon.org]

@coreysnipes @slothrop @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video what is the difference between posting videos on Loops versus on any Mastodon instance? Is Loops somehow optimized for video (storage)? Thanks!

[slothrop@chaos.social]

@fedops @coreysnipes @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video AFAICT the Loops Ui is built along the same lines as TikTok: optimized for making, posting and viewing short videos.

I don’t know what the server side looks like.

[econetwork@mas.to]

@hikingdude Exactly This is the magic of the fediverse everything just flows together @econetwork

[coreysnipes@hachyderm.io]

@fedops That's the question I keep coming back to, for myself. If everything federates, why bother with multiple accounts? (I tried pixelfed but didn't see an advantage for myself.) Maybe it's just a matter of what you're used to. Started with Instagram? Pixelfed. Started with TikTok? Loops. Started with Twitter? Masto. etc.

cc:
@slothrop @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video

[fedops@fosstodon.org]

@slothrop @coreysnipes @hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video aha, that would be an explanation. Looking through a client like Pachli or Tusky it all appears exactly the same.

[hikingdude@mastodon.social]

@coreysnipes @fedops @slothrop @elperronegro

Ah the one feature for pixelfed - for me - would be stories. But honestly not enough for me to use it a lot (even though I use Instagram and WhatsApp stories ). But whoever likes it, go for it.

Peertube is just optomized for video streaming in different resolutions, subtitles etc.

But yes, I think a lot of people find themselves asking this question sooner or later.

[flashmobofone@mastodon.art]

@hikingdude Yeah.

It's glorious.

And even better, there's probably humans moderating your instance who are keeping nazis and assholes out.

[diegomartinez@mstdn.social]

@hikingdude

This is a great feature. I haven't seen anyone from Loops yet, but I like that I can follow/view anyone on the rest of the Fediverse. I think I'm personally following at least one account on Pixelfed, and another one on Piefed, and can follow people on Lemmy (though votes seem to be unsupported(?))