@lxo It isn't always that way. Sometimes I can see the post being responded to, sometimes I cannot. I often appreciate it when someone I follow repeats the post they're responding to into my timeline.

But more to the point, people post these "rules" to newbies, giving them the impression that they are doing it wrong ... and that they must shape up or ship out.

It turns out that most of the rules people post are contrary to the lived experience and expectations of those who were here before #Mastodon.