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   blaine (blaine@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 06:12:21 JST blaine

   I've been thinking about the Fediverse for a looooong time, since before it was called the Fediverse. I'll admit my thinking hasn't evolved much for much of that time. The basic structure of it has been clear for nearly 15 years.

   But today (so far - it's only 8:30 AM here!) I've learned *three* new perspectives that have changed/improved the way I think about the Fediverse/Mastodon in subtle but important ways.

   So. Much. Gratitude. ?❤️

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 06:12:16 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @blaine this is a cool technique.

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     blaine (blaine@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 06:12:17 JST blaine

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     Basically, instead of QTing something, on Mastodon it's possible to reply to a post and then boost your reply.

     That way, the visibility is the same as a Quote would have been, but with the interesting property that the OP doesn't get silenced/steamrolled, but the original post is still easily visible. More conversational, less adversarial.

     Evan Prodromou repeated this.
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     blaine (blaine@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 06:12:18 JST blaine

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     • Eugen Rochko
     • Scott Jenson
     • amirouche ?

     I think Quotations are coming, and I hope and believe that ultimately, the call isn't @Gargron's alone to make. @scottjenson has been advocating for designers & UX folk to take part, and I hope that structures emerge to make that not just possible, but pervasive.

     In the meantime, @amirouche pointed me at this lovely pattern:
     https://social.hyper.dev/@amirouche/109343002733668741

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     blaine (blaine@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 06:12:19 JST blaine

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     TIL?2/3: Many have said it, I'm going to say it, too: I miss Quote Tweets. I appreciate the thoughtful justification for not implementing them, but also disagree. My ideal would be

     a quote tweet that points up ?☝️
     rather than Twitter's pointing down ??

     because I think sometimes it's really important to contextualize or emphasize why you're boosting someone's post.

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     blaine (blaine@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 06:12:20 JST blaine

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     Since a number of folks asked what I learned yesterday, I wanted to pick this back up and share with the community that's giving me so much right now. So, a few brief threads (apologies to folks who don't like threads) of things I learned on the Fediverse yesterday: ?????

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 13:23:02 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     @blaine I think we haven’t thought about the people who need/rely on them

     Also I appreciate the ability for people to dunk on me for being garbage