@psiie @lydiaconwell It's like a retweet. Quoting someone else's tweet while you put your commentary above it.
Mind you, some instances support this. There are modified Mastodon instances (some using Mastodon Glitch Edition, some using custom modifications (like the one I'm on)).
The instances which won't support this feature would see the toot as usual, but below the actual commentary a line like:
QT: <LINK HERE>
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Actually, there's a fundamental difference and the person did you a big favor in exposure. ;)
See, if you boost it the normal way, only your followers get to see the boost.
If you quote-toot, it gets sent off to the fediverse at large as a post with a quoted toot, and *everybody* gets to see it.
@trinsec OK. I'm no longer annoyed by the stupids. He did good stupids. @psiie