It really depends on whether I want more people to see my reply. Since the quote appears in my feed and the reply only appears under the original note.
Big influencers who post and don't re-engage are only worth quoting because you know your reply will just flounder unread and unappreciated.
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Makes it harder to follow any conversation thread. Quote replies ought to be for when sharing a new thread of discussion based on some other post. Replies ought to be used when continuing a discussion thread in context. Can always simply repost a reply to boost it into the main feed.
To add to that, the quotes can become impossible to find after the fact since it's a one way reference. The OP gets a notification that they've been quoted, but that's it.