If you're part of the #TwitterMigration and still getting a feel for what makes #Mastodon different (like me!) here's another reason why it's better not to have the option to #QuoteRetweet.

When we quote retweet on the birdsite, it's usually about adding our own commentary:
🐦 THIS is why this is important to ME...
🐦 MY opinion is more compelling because...
🐦 THAT'S NOTHING! Listen to MY story...

When we quote retweet, we take someone else's post and make it about US. This can get problematic when the original tweet was from from a #bipoc, #indigenous, #LGBTQPlus, or other #marginalized or #vulnerable person.

When we boost a toot, we're using OUR voices and influence to amplify others'. And we're doing so on their terms, not our own. If we feel strongly about the original post, we can always add our own voices to the conversation, but without using our #privilege to talk over people who might need to be heard more than us.

It is a little scary to realize that I'm better protected from the #police by my #privilege shield than the actual law. I've thought about getting cocky and get in the face of police officers in the limits of my rights, but I know they could make my life miserable, even unlawfully, and I would need a lot of money to fight them in court.

I'm always impressed by people choosing to fight the good fight against increasingly oppressive regimes, including in supposedly democratic countries. And I definitely gained an eternal contempt for the police, no matter the country they're from.

#ACAB