If you see a post you want to share but you want to add a Content Warning (CW), it is now very easy to do this:
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Your instance has to be running Mastodon version 4.5.0 or higher. Beige.party is still running 4.4.7 so that's why the option isn't there for you. When your server admin does an update, the option will appear
@FediTips
That's important to know. Many instances are not so fast with updates.Also I'm not sure, do all involved instances have to be on 4.5+? Say if a person on instance A toots something, I quote it with my account on instance B, will a follower on C see the quote? Even if A and C run older versions of Mastodon or some Fediverse software, which is not Mastodon?
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@FediTips
That's important to know. Many instances are not so fast with updates.Also I'm not sure, do all involved instances have to be on 4.5+? Say if a person on instance A toots something, I quote it with my account on instance B, will a follower on C see the quote? Even if A and C run older versions of Mastodon or some Fediverse software, which is not Mastodon?
@Anomnomnomaly@j_j
Well I just tried to quote both you and @Anomnomnomaly and it didn't work either time, so I'd say both sides need it enabled. -
If you see a post you want to share but you want to add a Content Warning (CW), it is now very easy to do this:
1. Go to the post you want to share
2. Quote the post (on the web interface click
Boost and then "Quote")
3. Add a CW to your own post, the one that appears above the post being quoted. This will hide everything in your post including the quoted post.This used to be impossible, but since Mastodon added quoting it also allows adding CWs to posts you want to share.
@FediTips
So am I really the only person to quote this so far, or are they not visible because you haven't approved and quotes yet? -
@j_j
Well I just tried to quote both you and @Anomnomnomaly and it didn't work either time, so I'd say both sides need it enabled.I'd be more concerned about people quoting posts if the poster doesn't want them to be. So a setting from the posters side that disables their posts being quoted would be essential.
Otherwise the feature is ripe for abuse.
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If you see a post you want to share but you want to add a Content Warning (CW), it is now very easy to do this:
1. Go to the post you want to share
2. Quote the post (on the web interface click Boost and then "Quote")
3. Add a CW to your own post, the one that appears above the post being quoted. This will hide everything in your post including the quoted post.This used to be impossible, but since Mastodon added quoting it also allows adding CWs to posts you want to share.
I have mixed feelings about quote toots but they are here now, for some, so I guess it is what it is
Do you know when the various apps will start offering them?
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Quoting can only happen if the author of the post has given permission to be quoted for that specific post.
Each post has its own quoting permission setting.
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I have mixed feelings about quote toots but they are here now, for some, so I guess it is what it is
Do you know when the various apps will start offering them?
It's entirely in the hands of the app developers, you would have to ask them!
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@FediTips
So am I really the only person to quote this so far, or are they not visible because you haven't approved and quotes yet?Three people have quoted it so far, you can see on the "original page" for the post (more info at https://fedi.tips/what-are-original-pages-in-mastodon/ ).
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Three people have quoted it so far, you can see on the "original page" for the post (more info at https://fedi.tips/what-are-original-pages-in-mastodon/ ).
@FediTips
Yeah I can see it too. Which means that after 100 boosts, I was the first quote. For a post about quoting, you'd think there'd be more. Have the updates just not rolled out to most servers still? I've been quote posting for months now. -
@FediTips
Yeah I can see it too. Which means that after 100 boosts, I was the first quote. For a post about quoting, you'd think there'd be more. Have the updates just not rolled out to most servers still? I've been quote posting for months now.I think not everyone wants to quote, or realises they can quote, as it's a very new feature
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If you see a post you want to share but you want to add a Content Warning (CW), it is now very easy to do this:
1. Go to the post you want to share
2. Quote the post (on the web interface click Boost and then "Quote")
3. Add a CW to your own post, the one that appears above the post being quoted. This will hide everything in your post including the quoted post.This used to be impossible, but since Mastodon added quoting it also allows adding CWs to posts you want to share.
@FediTips I would guess the same applies to alt text for images.
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@FediTips I would guess the same applies to alt text for images.
Yes, this is a good point!
