mark (@mark@mastodon.fixermark.com)
Let me take three or four paragraphs to talk about fighting in hockey. This is a post about social networks.
Here's the secret about fights in hockey: almost all of them are mutually-consensual. They will occasionally do the sound-cone-pointed-at-the-players thing to players about to fight. You know what they say to each other before throwing punches? "Hey. You wanna fight?"
And this is because (a) fans love it, (b) it gets two players a breather, (c) it's a way for the players who aren't brilliant at the other skills of the game yet to make a name for themselves, and (d) it's not illegal.
Oh, there's a penalty. But the penalty is the box. The penalty is not "What the fuck? Both of you are expelled for unsportsmanlike conduct, and if this shit happens again we'll fine your whole team."
And it won't be, ever, unless something truly tragic happens, because (a) the fans love it.
(There's a whole other post about that "truly tragic" qualifier. Suffice to say that this is a sport where people strap blunt knives to their shoes and carry 3-and-a-half-foot sticks; the violence of a one-on-one shove-and-punch is of relative degree to everything else happening on the ice).
Okay, so great. Why bring this up?
Rules matter.
And by creating a controlled, protocol-specified method of quote-posting, Mastodon has created a new rule, which implicitly divides quote-posting into two kinds:
The new, polite, "use the feature and if someone doesn't want to be quoted they can flag their post as 'unquotable'" kind.
The currently-supported-everywhere "each post is an HTTP resource, resources can be uniquely identified, the only thing someone can do about you linking to their post is take the whole post down then beg you to help the Internet forget something once existed on the Internet kind.
... which is now the 'rude' kind but wasn't previously quite so rude because it was the only technically supported kind.
(In the interest of completeness, there is a third, far-more-considered-rude kind, "link the post and attach a screenshot," which implies you think the other party will attempt to memory-hole what they said.)
But it's fun to observe how new protocol features can push etiquette around on a social network.
This has been a meditation on how the rules shape the game; thank you for coming to my Toot Talk.
#hockey #elbowsup #mastodon #socialmedia #toottalk
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NoahLoren13 (@NoahLoren13@mastodon.social)
Aqui na Mastodon.social já temos a opção de citar publicações, legal, antes tarde do que nunca.
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NeuroPunkAF (@NeuroPunkAF@ohai.social)
Is it just me does anyone else find the #mastodon #app for #ios woefully lacking compared to the #web interface of their preferred instance?
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OppaReacts (@OppaReacts@mastodon.social)
You can now quote post, but it's turned off for every account I follow, so I cannot quote post, making the feature useless...
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FinchHaven (@FinchHaven@sfba.social)
"I'M QUOTING SOMETHING!!"
Oh, the irony...
"This post cannot be displayed as you are not authorized to view it"
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kyu3a (@kyu3a@social.vivaldi.net)
#Mastodon 4.5、引用ツイートみたいな機能つくのかぁ〜。😣
一応設定でオフ（できないようにする）こともできるっぽいし。通知もオフにできるっぽいし。何なら引用された投稿から消せる（？）っぽいけど。
この機能が搭載されてから Twitter はクソになったと思ってるので。正直うげぇ〜としか…。
そもそも Twitter よりも入力文字数も多いので。別になくても良いんじゃないのぉ〜と思うけど。😓
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/introducing-quote-posts/
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webheadsunited (@webheadsunited@mastodon.social)
Want to create a more engaging AI persona? 🧠💡 "Beyond Answers: Architecting the Inquisitive Tone in AI Personas" from WebHeads United explores how asking questions—not just providing answers—can build trust and lead to superior engagement. This isn't just about style, it's about a foundational shift in how we build AI. #AI #AIpersona #Engagement #LLM #Mastodon
Read more: https://webheadsunited.com/architecting-the-inquisitive-tone-ai-personas/
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FinchHaven (@FinchHaven@sfba.social)
At Preferences --> Other --> Who can quote
"Only Your Followers"
"This setting will only take effect for posts created with the next Mastodon version (> v4.5.x) but you can select your preference in preparation."
Been there for a good month, at least
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moxxi (@moxxi@mastodon.social)
I mostly use #Mastodon on my phone so the #quote post feature hasn't come to me yet, but a PSA:
1. You can quote Moxxi
2. If you use that feature to dunk on her or other people, you'll get blocked
3. I'll quote post. If I do and you do not consent to be quoted or even if you generally consent but did not want that extra visibility, just DM me and I'll apologize and take it down immediately.
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display (@display@connexia.hibiol.eu)
Ohh vi uma instância do #Mastodon com nome de flor, adorei!
🌸 🌺 🌼 🪻
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egon (@egon@retro.social)
I just updated my #mastodon profile with a new link. RankOne is a pretty recent but interesting platform that lets you archive every game you played, while providing you meaningful gaming recommendations and much more. You can join it via https://www.rankone.global/invite/jwrCh.
#rankone #archive #social #community #platform #gaming #games #retrogames #gamestudies
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FinchHaven (@FinchHaven@sfba.social)
"so can i quote toot now?"
Speaking only for myself, I've been able to quote your posts since I first got on Mastodon in very early November 2022
But everybody's gotta have all the new bells and whistles
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