The Mastodon decentralized platform has announced the incorporation of the posts or Citada publications a characteristic with which it seeks that more users join the Fediverse and be a means to generate consensus and community on other platforms.
This function, extended in applications such as X or Facebook, was not available in mastodon so far, because in its beginnings it considered that “For malicious purposes” was used and harmful to users. This is, to intentionally quote someone out of context, to direct their hate speeches or to harass other people, as he has pointed out in a statement.
The decentralized platform has now announced that it has incorporated “this requested characteristic” and so popular in “many social media platforms”, and has explained what has led it to release it for some time after the launch of the application.
“As Mastodon was growing, we discovered that many groups use the publications cited as their main means to generate consensus and community on other platforms,” Mastodon said in this writing.
It has also recognized that the aforementioned publications used in this way “transmit confidence and respect for the original publication” and can also develop or improve an original idea.
Based on advantages like these and due to “The continuous popularity of applications” For the implementation of this function, it began to shuffle its incorporation in 2023 and 2024, when it requested a subsidy of the NGI0 Entrust Fund to support its implementation.
With the arrival of appointments to the application, Mastodon seeks that more people join the Fediverse, as well as help people “to put aside the exclusive social networks of billionaires and move on to the open social website.”
The integration of the posts quote in Mastodon is conditioned by a series of challenges, which arise because “many users simply do not want others to forward their content or can discover that, if published again, They receive unwanted attention. “
To mitigate this problem, the platform will provide users with the opportunity to decide if their publications can be cited and notice when another user has done it. Likewise, it will be possible to withdraw the publications cited at any time if any disagreement occurs.
“We know that appointments publications are a matter of concern for some members of the community and very requested by others,” added Mastodon, who has committed to share how the implementation of this option progresses and to listen to users’ comments.
Finally, he pointed out that seeks to create “close integration“For appointment publications with the functionality of reports, to help users of their service” to feel safer. ”