▲ 48 ▼ Mastodon 4.5 released (blog.joinmastodon.org) submitted 1 year ago by Teknevra@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments Mastodon 4.5 brings the long-awaited consent-respecting quote posts feature, as well as fetching replies from remote servers, and more customisation and moderation tools for admins.
[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) OK so people can still just screenshot, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] railway692@piefed.zip 4 points 1 year ago Yea, I don't think we'll ever be able to disable that kind of thing. But this addresses at least one of the main concerns people had with allowing quote-posting. The update is notable because quote posts have historically fuelled negative behaviour on other platforms, where they are often used for public ridicule or so-called “dunking.” (source) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] railway692@piefed.zip 4 points 1 year ago Yea, I don't think we'll ever be able to disable that kind of thing. But this addresses at least one of the main concerns people had with allowing quote-posting. The update is notable because quote posts have historically fuelled negative behaviour on other platforms, where they are often used for public ridicule or so-called “dunking.” (source) permalink fedilink source parent