Pretty disappointed that Mastodon went with "quoter's text on top" for QTs rather than text on bottom.
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Pretty disappointed that Mastodon went with "quoter's text on top" for QTs rather than text on bottom. I think there's a good chance it will lead to a steady rise in dunk culture on Mastodon that will make the atmosphere here permanently nastier and more clout-farmy. I would love to know what the rationale there was, besides "that's the way it works on [other deeply toxic platforms that mastodon is attempting to position itself as a better alternative to]".
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Pretty disappointed that Mastodon went with "quoter's text on top" for QTs rather than text on bottom. I think there's a good chance it will lead to a steady rise in dunk culture on Mastodon that will make the atmosphere here permanently nastier and more clout-farmy. I would love to know what the rationale there was, besides "that's the way it works on [other deeply toxic platforms that mastodon is attempting to position itself as a better alternative to]".
@jplebreton thanks for asking about the rationale behind the choice. We've experimented with both designs, and went with text above after talking with community leaders, who use quote posts positively to give underrepresented accounts more reach. In the end, we believe having the ability to opt-out of being quoted and being able to retract quotes after the fact are much stronger protections against abuse than the position of the text.
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@jplebreton thanks for asking about the rationale behind the choice. We've experimented with both designs, and went with text above after talking with community leaders, who use quote posts positively to give underrepresented accounts more reach. In the end, we believe having the ability to opt-out of being quoted and being able to retract quotes after the fact are much stronger protections against abuse than the position of the text.
@Mastodon I guess we'll see, then!
