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Hello !Friendica Support,

is sharing as a quote no longer possible with Friendica? At least I can no longer find the button.

Theme: #frio
Friendica 'Yellow Archangel' 2024.03-dev - 1542

#Friendica #bug #QuotedShares #2024-03-dev
#friendica #frio #bug #QuotedShares #2024-03-dev
Cătă
@Montag it is the quote button. Next to the reshare one
Raroun
@Montag
it should be under this icon:

VegOS
@Raroun @Montag
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This thread reminds me to the discussion, whether the unlock screen could be mistaken for the telephone dial screen... or some heated discussions about content warnings.
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Schmaker
I can understand why it seems confusing. I guess someone would expect quote mark to quote comment text into reaction instead of sharing it.

Maybe someone here can find better icon for it for better #UX ?
#ux
Montag
Actually, the icon already explains what is behind it. I should have just clicked on all of them and seen what happened.
Schmaker
@Montag Well, I'm not #UX expert, but when you have to click/hover on icon to find out what it's doing, then the icon is not well chosen :)
#ux
Wilhelm
@Montag No need to click. Mouse hover will show a tooltip (at least on desktop).
Cătă
@Schmaker @Montag he probably got used with the previous one :D otherwise idk, it seems self-explanatory to me as well.
Schmaker
That one would work too, but I guess pretty much any from these could be enough Share icons

2nd and 4th are imho the best fitting as I don't find much difference in "quote share" and "share" for linking someones post
8Petros [Signal: Petros.63]
The difference is essential. The latter links to the whole thread existing under the OP, while the former starts new thread with the piece you linked.
Schmaker
Somehow I missed that "boost" is actually called "reshare" in Friendica. My bad.

I'd actually like more if (not that it would matter :) ):
- reshare was called boost instead
- quote share was called share instead
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Matthias
@Schmaker
What is boost? It is a re-sharing and should remain so named.

@Montag @8Petros [Atlas Unshrugged]_
Matthias
@Schmaker
Nothing is "boosted/angekurbelt" here. It implies an intention to exaggerate something. This is something I would expect from companies that care about the attention economy. Something is happening here that I would describe as pointing to something.

@Montag @8Petros [Atlas Unshrugged]_
Schmaker
@Matthias ✔
As I said - I don't think it matters what do I think (I actually thought it's called boost in Friendica too until now :) )

To me boost feels more logical as when I share something, then it's me who shares it - not the original poster. When I boost, I give original post new (my) audience - boosting it's viewer count in process
@Montag
Michael Vogel
"boost" is a word that is solely used by Mastodon. I don't appreciate to use their word, but to use more generic words instead.
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