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   BeAware (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 07:58:02 JST BeAware

   There's something I've been wanting to talk about for awhile.

   Quote posts, limiting of quote posts, and how those features might be added to core AP.

   As it is now, the way Threads does quote posting is when a person adds a link to another Threads post, it automatically turns into a "quote post".

   They also have the option to limit posts from being quoted, which in turn completely stops anyone on Threads linking to that post.

   To me, that is wild, but I can see it making sense on a closed platform.

   However, given the way Fediverse works and a ton of people have their own instance/website, I think it would be absolutely asinine to attempt to stop someone from simply posting a link to another post.

   Links have been part of the internet for awhile now and there's no other platform that stops people from using links, AFAIK.

   So, to those working on AP, please consider another route for quote posts because if I cannot link to something on my own website, I'll be pretty livid honestly.

   #Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Threads #SocialMedia

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     loganer (loganer@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 08:12:20 JST loganer

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     @BeAware their restricting links now :KEKW: I want to introduce them to this thing called a screenshot.

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     The VHS Wizard 🦝📼🧙 (drakkenzero@retro.pizza)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 08:12:40 JST The VHS Wizard 🦝📼🧙

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     @BeAware So what happens on Threads if you post a link to someone that has their linkability turned off? Does it refuse to post the link at all, or does it just show it as a link instead of doing it like a quote?