Initial implementation was less than a week. Quite trivial honestly.
@freemo@qoto.org @realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world Isn't their implementation going to add a lot of bloat like 'only be able to quote toot if there is consent from the original poster' or something like that? Not that it matters for other platforms which simply would ignore that part..
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).