So is it just me or are #Mastodon developers completely overdoing their role in controlling content in the #Fediverse?

Making quote posts opt-in basically means that it will be hardly ever used, so why even bother investing all the time to develop it in the first place?

The role of developers imho is to provide the tool, not to shape the network according to their wishes, no? If the feature is actually abused, you can give the responsible moderators the tools to limit this abuse like in every other case. There are also no muted words by default or something like that.
When I sell a radio, I don't just provide the stations I like. Otherwise people will just get another device. Unfortunately, many people do not understand that Mastodon is just one radio manufacturer in the Fediverse and therefore do not join the entire network.

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/MastodonEngineering/statuses/114003104286886445