Since Elon Musk took over the reins of Twitter, thousands of users have switched to its open-source alternative: Mastodon. Mastodon offers the same microblogging features as Twitter, allowing you to share your thoughts with others and mark (like) or boost (retweet) those you like. While both platforms may look identical at first glance, there are key differences.
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If you're new to Mastodon, you might be wondering if you can quote someone else's post in your own. In this post, we'll explain how to quote someone else's post and whether or not you should.
No. Unlike Twitter, where you can post your own opinion on someone else's tweet via your tweet using the Quote option, Mastodon does not offer an alternative option that you can use to reference or toot someone's post on the platform. While you can boost (retweet) or star (like) a post that you see on the platform, on Mastodon you can only interact with someone's post using text by replying to their post.
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