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   Koantig (koantig@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2024 16:13:02 JST Koantig

   I finally have a good guess as to why so many people on Mastodon post screenshots instead of links: they have been *trained* to do so by the big platforms, which have been at war with hyperlinks for years!
   So what we're seeing is actually not a Mastodon or Fediverse thing, but rather a clash of internet cultures, with people coming from twitter etc. following their usual practices *vs* a population more accustomed to the open web, where hyperlinks and direct sources are the norm.

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     irwin (irwin@saturation.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2024 16:13:07 JST irwin

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     @koantig Don’t discount the possibility that we sometimes post screenshots (to X posts in particular) because we don’t want to give the click machine fuel.

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