something i’ve observed anecdotally and loosely validated qualitatively is that someone’s reply:quotecast ratio when contributing to a conversation correlates to their ego (how they see themselves vs the rest of the community). not always a bad thing, but i’ll leave it at that.

study people who reply > quotecast

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I'm not a big quotecaster but when I do, often it is because I think that it will give the person more reach then a straight recast. I have no idea if this is true.

It does help highlight smaller accounts and I find is appreciated on that level to add to another group and get visibility.