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    RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistS
    Is it me, or is the new #Mastodon #quote feature the MOST USELESS tool ever to be designed? It overloads a button, making you take an extra tap to boost, not to mention having to read and target a new menu with a finger or a mouse? In case you didn't know, it is hidden under the boost button in the Web UI. It allows you to quote a whole toot, annotate the quote, and ask, if necessary, if the poster will allow you to do so. The poster can revoke permission....to quote something, copy and paste only the content you need. Be sure to include the user's handle if you want to attribute the quote.Nobody that would abuse quoting, that is would misappropriate or twist a toot's meaning, would use the feature. They will copy and paste. This leaves the remainder of the community doing an extra tap, with the extra dexterity required for potentially challenged users, while trying to figure out why they would use the feature in the first place.Boost for Sample Size when you vote, please!#BoostingIsSharing #poll #fediverse #write #author #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #writingCommunity