Clout-chasing behavior
The kind of people who used to post unfounded speculation about the news and politics in a self-righteous tone on the internet are now on massive Mastodon instances doing the same thing.
Taking away quote tweets isn’t enough to stop these people from chasing engagement and rage. It takes a lot to unlearn this way of relating to the hive mind.
This is why I stay on the tiny instances on the fediverse where it feels like a little neighborhood and doesn’t exhaust me.