Initial implementation was less than a week. Quite trivial honestly.
I can not speak to what mastodon has planned or how it differs. But considering the amount of dev time its reasonable to assume they are doing something bigger than a simple quote feature.
No just insanely busy hiring for the new company and non-profit (which is the entity running QOTO in fact).
@freemo @trinsec @realcaseyrollins Man! I thought you were vanished from Earth's service!