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 @provoost the message on the fediverse side does have the correct quoteUrl. Looking up that URL on Mastodon will show the original message. 

Maybe it just takes a while to show up then. 
 Or maybe Mastodon doesn't actually support quote toots, I vaguely recall some controversy. Let's try a straight boost then. 
 I think they're coming in 4.3 or 4.4. But most other fediverse software, including alternative Mastodon clients like e.g. Phanpy, already support quote posts. 
 Interesting! Though in this case Phanpy doesn't render the original for me either. Or do I have to make an account on their instance to make it work?

https://img.sprovoost.nl/9f3e470b365cb2e0c9661208b5bf0f72fad5a42412824803702f84c3c914eaa1.png 
 Phanpy renders it inline, when you add the URL of another post to the content of a post. I guess the bridge doesn't do that.

(There is no Phanpy instance, it's just a client for whatever Mastodon instance you want to connect to.) 
 Mmm, an inline URL would probably just render the social media preview. Looks the same, but isn't. Though it could be a nice workaround.