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   JP (jplebreton@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 07:01:45 JST JP

   pros and cons of embedding a social media post in a news story / blog post in a post "twitter turned to liquid shit" era:
   + links to original "full context" post & poster (but so would <a><img></a>)
   + any edits to post are visible, for platforms that support it (but maybe unedited version is the story?)
   + live-updated engagement counts
   - you are trusting the platform holder to draw something on *your* webpage
   - it is going to become an empty hole in your webpage at some point in the future

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     jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 07:01:44 JST jwz

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     @jplebreton The only correct way to "embed" any social media post is, was, and always will be with the <blockquote> tag. I will die on this hill and I will take every one of you motherfuckers with me.

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     JP (jplebreton@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 07:01:45 JST JP

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     personally i think i would probably just screenshot the post, make the <img> a link to the original post, and provide a full transcription in the alt text. twitter created millions of holes in webpages, some of which excised what the entire focus of the news story was and memory-holing vital context. it feels bad to do if you believe (as i do) in the ideal of the web as a good faith cooperative effort where trust matters but we've been shown that trust is worthless to the corporate platforms.

     Matthew Lyon repeated this.