# Quoting in federated posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-in-federated-posts/369679>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** activitypub\
**Created:** [June 11, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-in-federated-posts/369679 "2025-06-11T06:50:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-in-federated-posts/369679/2 "2025-08-17T07:41:55Z")

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I know, that Mastodon is very limited when should show html- or what ever tags, and perhaps because of that all tags must be removed.

I don’t totally understand that, because one reasoning for markdown is easy to read even when ` **is not processed** `.

But when quotes `>` are stripped, it breaks content totally. Then quoted text looks like it is written by same same person than who answers — and that is really confusing and gives sometimes really schizophrenic feels.

So, could \> be added or left alone?

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