A new Feature we just added to QOTO.org is this neat "Quote" button - what does it do?
- It will start a New Toot (NOt a Reply), while including a reference to the post you were interested in (and where you used the "" Quote mark Button).
- You will be able to use the Toot Editor as in any other posts; selecting Privacy level, adding images or video attachments.
- And once your post is complete, it will contain a "Frame" which in our Web client looks quite neat -- containing the username and avatar, text of the Quoted post.
- That Frame is also a Live link to that original post, so people can quickly jump to it if desired.
Simple, quick, and it will not break other Mastodon clients; they will simply show a simplified version of the info we see here.
(It will be similar to the many Retweet posts, with a link to the original Toot)
I had the idea of check how these Quote Posts look like in other instances. Just did, and found that...
- it looks poor on GlitchSoc, similar to the Pinafore snapshot above.
BUT...
It looks PERFECT in a Pleroma node.
Here are Two screenshots showing what a Quoted post looks like (our sys admin here, who Quoted my own post above in a new message).
a. As seen in our instance, with the Mastodon Web Client.
b. as seen via Pinafore, and other mastodon clients (possibly also the same in other Mastodon instances Web Clients).