Learned today that link feature is far more effective at embedding a message than a quote. Link previews will show 1 embed, nested embeds are treated as if they were quotes. Quotes seem to ignore YouTube/Discourse embeds.
Quotes are better for private threads where the link will not embed a preview
For example
https://forum.level1techs.com/t/post-what-new-thing-you-acquired-recently/149881/5839