The idea that Mastodon onboarding *should* be hard, that it's *right* for it to be hard, is literally just elitism

We are now looking at the worst possible case scenario — Musk clears marginalised people off #Twitter but the platform remains viable, advertisers and journalists continue to use it, and marginalised people are shut out of discourse on a worldwide scale — and part of that is a lack of will on the part of the old guard to reduce the friction involved in Mastodon onboarding

You've been told about ways the onboarding processes can be made easier but you want to remain hip, cool, despite the fact that an actively antisocial social network is by definition strangling itself to death

You've been told about safe and ethical ways to implement #QuoteToots and yet you continue to insist that QTs are inherently unethical and unsafe and I'm beginning to think it's because you just don't want to be criticised

@epistemophagy it's open source just go write it!!! 🌼​

of course website boy will actively try to fuck up things he's decided are bad, but

@davidgerard @epistemophagy I've been thinking about this. Would a browser extension that makes quoting easy be an acceptable compromise? I mean yeah, better to have it as part of the application, but in the absence of that?

Basic concept: viewing a toot and want to QT it? Click a button in your browser toolbar (or otherwise activate the extension). New toot is created with the text of the original quoted, without a link back to the original, ready for you to edit and go from there.

Avoids the potential for dogpiling while also makes quoting easier.

I know it's not the same feature as a QT, but would it be sufficient?

@davidgerard @epistemophagy though I'm also pondering just installing Misskey and giving that a go.

@matt @davidgerard @epistemophagy Misskey looks pretty good. If I was setting up another instance I'd consider it, except it seems like there's a growing culture of defederating anything that isn't Mastodon.

@PCOWandre @davidgerard @epistemophagy well that’s shitty!

@matt @davidgerard @epistemophagy Pleroma has been copping the brunt of it, which is a shame because the platform is so lightweight compared to Mastodon. I've noticed Misskey instances turning up in blocklists pretty much on the grounds of being Misskey as well.

@PCOWandre @davidgerard @epistemophagy are these blocklists that are being applied at the big instances, or more niche?