> You're mistaking the technical implementation of the Fediverse with the social contract that maintains its existence. People are unpredictable. If there are

> You're mistaking the technical implementation of the Fediverse with the social contract that maintains its existence. People are unpredictable. If there are "correct" ways of using the Fediverse, they need to be implemented into the code. Otherwise people can and will use it in whatever ways the code allows. At any rate, there are many people, myself included, who don't really care if my posts get screenshotted or reposted outside of my server or circle of friends. How is someone supposed to determine to whom to apply this "social contract?" Again, the default mode of thinking when posting anything to the internet should be "everyone, everywhere, forever into the future, will be able to see this." The Fedi is not immune from this rule. > (That's also why the "quote tweet" feature from Twitter is absent on the Fediverse.) It's absent from Mastodon. Other front ends support it. Not sure why Mastodon is holding out.