Been working on a new project the last couple of months and it’s finally ready for beta release!
#Fedimeister is a #Java based #Mastodon client (available for #Linux, #Windows and #MacOS under the Apache #opensource license) with a focus on #writing and #journalism. Features:
* Break long texts into threads
* Scheduled posting
* Hashtag research
* #Twitter quote tweeting emulation
@AskPippa @raccoon @fediversenews @fediverse that’s actually very valid. Personally, even if quote posts would be a thing, I wouldn’t use them, but I just don’t see any use for them besides telling your followers, or mobs, or whatever, hey, look at this moron, let’s all trash them. I mean, that’s what I’ve seen of twitter and how it’s used there, but when the mastodon team will design a quotes system, it’ll be opt-in for users and all that stuff, that’s a much better alternative to this forced way of doing it.
@bgtlover @AskPippa @raccoon @fediversenews @fediverse
While this negative use is possible, to use it to quote interesting pieces of, say a post or an article, and then add your two cents is how I have been using it for years (with just one complaint, where mine asking permission got there too late).
I was on the #BorgSite (then #BirdSite) for years and had a pretty clear-cut political position.
Quoting was never an issue.
@bgtlover @AskPippa @raccoon @fediversenews @fediverse
In my part of Twitter we used the quote function to put a retweet in context - to explain why we were sharing it. (Yes, it could be to criticise it, but not usually.) One of the joys of Twitter was being part of different communities, but then if you shared something you wanted to explain.
@SallyK @bgtlover @AskPippa @raccoon @fediversenews @fediverse @HistoPol That was my experience. Well put.
@SallyK @bgtlover @AskPippa @raccoon @fediversenews @fediverse also Handy for self quoting with “see. I was right year ago”
@SallyK @bgtlover @AskPippa @raccoon @fediversenews @fediverse
Exactly 💯!
@SallyK @bgtlover @raccoon @fediversenews @fediverse As a science writer I generally did the same — put things into context.
@AskPippa @SallyK @bgtlover @raccoon @fediversenews @fediverse
As well.