<![CDATA[To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post.]]>RE: https://cville.online/@crow/116326090450259950

To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post.

I have no control over how they appear. I quote-post a lot, & that's how they show up, out of my control.

& no, you do not need a Bsky acct to read the posts.

+ when people reply to me from here, I, too, have to click over to read the entire reply. I don't mind bc I appreciate engaging with you.

The rest of my reply is πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

Kthxbye

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5995d1da-920c-4f89-ac2e-379aa27379f8/to-anyone-else-who-finds-my-bridgy-posts-unengaging-peeving-and-uninteresting-please-read-my-reply-below-the-quoted-post.RSS for NodeTue, 07 Apr 2026 12:42:44 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2026 22:45:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:45:46 GMT]]>@gghocket @pdiff1 Sorry, I said that wrong. You said it was not my issue. I meant to say that I've never even wondered why the response is minimal, nor have I even noticed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116335414216478316https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116335414216478316Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:45:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:44:28 GMT]]>@gghocket Same. Thank you.

@pdiff1 I never once suggested that my issue was that "response here to some of [my] posts is minimal."

I don't know where you got that idea from.

My issue is people making demands that I change the way I post to suit their needs, when I have no control over the way my posts show up.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116335409104355055https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116335409104355055Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:44:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:21:32 GMT]]>@pdiff1 @GottaLaff

Definitely not your issue Laffy, my only gripes are with Bsky quirks but I'm totally glad you're there for us. Thank you again!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/gghocket/statuses/116332723707095236https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/gghocket/statuses/116332723707095236Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:21:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:10:03 GMT]]>@GottaLaff @gghocket Obviously not your issue, but you should know why response here to some of your posts is minimal. We still look for your posts though!!πŸ™‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/pdiff1/statuses/116332678572930500https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/pdiff1/statuses/116332678572930500Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:10:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:29:06 GMT]]>@jpsays If you'd like to raise a bug with them, the issue is that the ".quote-inline" microformat (which contains the placeholder link) must only be hidden when there actually is a quote attached to the post.

They're in good company, this bug was originally in the Mastodon web interface too!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fietkau.social/users/julian/statuses/116332045699542535https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fietkau.social/users/julian/statuses/116332045699542535Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:29:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:25:45 GMT]]>@julian Interesting. Thank you.

…

I was writing a reply, and in all honesty went to check versions only to find I’m using β€œTusker” and realized I lost track of which client I was using. My bad.

I get your point on it being a client implementation.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jpsays/statuses/116332032551256143https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jpsays/statuses/116332032551256143Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:25:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:14:59 GMT]]>@jpsays Hmm, I'm on the latest Tusky on mobile and I'm seeing the quote placeholder links. Would be a Tusky bug otherwise!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fietkau.social/users/julian/statuses/116331990205601650https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fietkau.social/users/julian/statuses/116331990205601650Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:14:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:03:48 GMT]]>@julian

I do wish, from the mastodon side, I knew whether there was something quoted or not.

I built a manual tool that can tell me (it also builds a blob of the quoted post that I can paste back to mastodon), but opening every bridged post in that tool when text doesn't make sense gets a bit old.

(Context note: I use tusky for mastodon most of the time and it doesn't have or show the "RE:" link that the mastodon web client shows.)

I have been subscribed to that github issue a while too. πŸ™‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jpsays/statuses/116331946193261979https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jpsays/statuses/116331946193261979Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:03:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:41:13 GMT]]>@lovegraphs Aww, Hamilton!! Thank you!

Link Preview Image
]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116331621473423434https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116331621473423434Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:41:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:36:21 GMT]]>@GottaLaff I get the same view and find it a useful way to get links to stories I wouldn't otherwise see. Thank you for doing that. Plus there is also one cute dog.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lovegraphs/statuses/116331602368897746https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lovegraphs/statuses/116331602368897746Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:36:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:10:28 GMT]]>@julian Oh!! Well that helps to clarify some. Thank you so much.

@quillmatiq @evan @anewsocial

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116331500568909663https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116331500568909663Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:10:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:08:05 GMT]]>@GottaLaff I'm looking at the person's screenshot which shows your Bluesky posts bridged to the fediverse. Most of them are quote posts. Your own text in them is bridged fine, it's only the quoted posts that are shown as links instead of embeds. Mastodon quote posts need a consent flag that Bridgy Fed doesn't yet provide.

Notably, even if Bridgy Fed adds the feature, it will only show quoted posts of accounts who have also opted in. This is all a bit complicated!

@quillmatiq @evan @anewsocial

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fietkau.social/users/julian/statuses/116331491209220105https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fietkau.social/users/julian/statuses/116331491209220105Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:08:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:01:46 GMT]]>@julian Or is that what you were referring to? I'm so sorry I'm not grasping this, my bad.

@quillmatiq @evan @anewsocial

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116331466339539825https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116331466339539825Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:01:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:01:07 GMT]]>@julian Oh. Thank you. But what about my Bsky posts showing up here in full?

I'm not worried about my Mastodon posts showing up there.

@quillmatiq @evan @anewsocial

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116331463835541245https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116331463835541245Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:01:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:54:58 GMT]]>@GottaLaff Nothing on your end, sorry! We just gotta wait until Bridgy Fed can support Mastodon-style verified quotes.

The GitHub link I posted is where its programmers are discussing if and when that can happen. (There is currently no timeline and, again, nothing for us to really influence.)

@quillmatiq @evan @anewsocial

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fietkau.social/users/julian/statuses/116331439624953382https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fietkau.social/users/julian/statuses/116331439624953382Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:54:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:48:51 GMT]]>@julian I'm not good at tech: What do I have to do?

@quillmatiq @evan @anewsocial

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116331415576945456https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116331415576945456Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:48:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:57:00 GMT]]>@quillmatiq The GitHub issue for getting bridged quote posts visible on Mastodon is https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1956, some good discussion in there early on. (Sorry for basically taking it over with my FEP-044f ecosystem monitoring.)

The implementation is nontrivial, since unlike most ActivityPub platforms Bridgy Fed probably won't want to issue a blanket quoting permission, but instead bridge quote post permissions from each Bluesky user and post.

@evan @GottaLaff @anewsocial

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fietkau.social/users/julian/statuses/116330975741780750https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fietkau.social/users/julian/statuses/116330975741780750Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:57:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:55:48 GMT]]>@GottaLaff @LexyCameron

You're very welcome. I'm glad to help!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/EthicalProfessor/statuses/116330971035332441https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/EthicalProfessor/statuses/116330971035332441Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:55:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:44:18 GMT]]>@EthicalProfessor Thank you, exactly.

@LexyCameron

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116330925834902026https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116330925834902026Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:44:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:42:45 GMT]]>@quillmatiq @GottaLaff @anewsocial thanks so much. This seems like it might get a lot better if BlueSky bridging goes opt-out rather than opt-in.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116330919722762738https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116330919722762738Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:42:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:53:40 GMT]]>@LexyCameron @GottaLaff I second Lexy's comment.

I ran univ.-affil. VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) sites for over 30 years, and for 21 years we sought experienced CPAs to review my student's work (they were students, after all). And one thing I never did was criticize our CPAs for not doing more.

Volunteers are not our employees or contractors. They have lives & careers, and receive No compensation for volunteering.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/EthicalProfessor/statuses/116330726701734059https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/EthicalProfessor/statuses/116330726701734059Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:53:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:36:04 GMT]]>@SharonCrockett Thanks Sharon. I miss you.

@gdinwiddie

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116330657514720421https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116330657514720421Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:36:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:35:51 GMT]]>@LoraHughes Ding!

And thank you.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116330656690431302https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116330656690431302Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:35:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to To anyone else who finds my Bridgy posts "unengaging, peeving, and uninteresting," please read my reply below the quoted post. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:35:37 GMT]]>@QuarkMaker Thanks. But they act as if I have control over it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116330655736994596https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/116330655736994596Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:35:37 GMT