I honestly don't see how a social network can survive without retweets. They're just not going to get the critical mass. There needs to be an "amplify" gesture and quote ain't it.
this is stupid
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QuotingKOKirill Osenkov@KirillOsenkov
Disagree :) The thing that's breaking other social media is that the social part is getting removed.
Forcing you to write words and actually come up with an opinion instead of pressing a "repost" button without any context provides a much richer social experience.
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I see your point, however my take is that each obligatory text of a quote will create low-signal high noise mess that people don't have time to read. The comment is rarely as important as the thing it comments about.
And people will find their way around it. Very soon it will…
I strongly agree.
In the same way I hate when someone sends me a link without the reason I should loot at it, I prefer when a repost comes with a comment.
Agreed. This is one of the most well thought out features of /dev/null in my opinion. The fact that you do have to interact AND your quote is shown in the replies is huge for real interaction.