I do like it when people quote to start separate conversations, or viewpoints, hot takes, etc. instead of long reply chains.

One thing about being on the Fediverse, I pretty much have a clean follow/followers list of people that want to share, have conversations, etc and not after being viral

Or, far more reasonably, just quote the post & add tags. A quote is just a boost with comment. You have the context. Much more sensible. I don't understand all the angst around these basic features. But then, I liked Twitter before Musk.

Anyway thanks for the #HashtagGames. 🫡

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Paul Chambers🚧 (@paul@oldfriends.live)

Attached: 1 image Everybody was worried that Quote boosts on Mastodon would lead to dogpiling, etc. Nobody ever Quote posts me. Kind of makes me feel a little like Jeb Bush every now and then when I think that nobody thinks I am worth quoting OR the trolls figure they don't even need to bother with me. "Please Boost, 😂

oldfriends.live (oldfriends.live)

I still see ppl simply replying to a post & adding tags. "Promoting to ...." What are you promoting? I'm not interested in tapping into that & waiting for the whole thread to load just to learn what someone is talking about.

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But after seeing it abused on The Site That Shall Not Be Named, I didn't want that done on Mastodon.