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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Mastodon is working to add the controversial 'quote posts' feature | TechCrunch

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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Mastodon, the decentralized alternative to X, is going to adopt a controversial feature from the platform formerly known as Twitter: quote posts. The
  • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    What’s wrong with quote posts?

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      quote dunking I guess?

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        If I infer from context clues, quote dunking is commenting disparagingly to frame the quoted tweet? I left Twitter in like 2011.

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          I’ve never heard the phrase but I’m 10000% positive that’s what it means.

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          Quote dunking is “dunking” on people who are wrong, or have bad opinions through quote posts.

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