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The details about how Quote Tweets contribute to toxicity, and toxicity to engagement are something the Mastodon crowd needs to read.
Twitter migrants are still stuck in the "engagement at all costs" mindset, and really should read this article and the other articles it links to, and reconsider if embracing toxicity is worth the increase in engagement.
Federated social media is generally ad-free, so there's no monetary incentive to chase engagement for the sake of engagement. It's a capitalist mindset people joining the fediverse need to leave at the door.
People shouldn't be leaving Twitter just to recreate its worst features in a decentralized way. Smaller communities with better adhesion are better communities to be a part of. I don't want to go "viral", I just want to communicate with my peers.
Some people really needs to read that. ^
And regarding the quote-reply: I've seen some other fediverse software implementing it and it had not provoked any toxicity. I think that in nhe end it really depends on its users.
And also on the fact that the fediverse does not have an algorithm that promotes hate speach.