Nice, the first Mastodon 4.4.0 beta is now available:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.0-beta.1

- "Followers you know" widget
- a "featured tab" on profile pages, with "endorsed accounts"
- reminders about missing alt text
- warning if the language of your post doesn't match the selected language
- "experimental support for verifying and displaying remote quote posts"

And plenty more.

"We expect 4.4.0 to be released by the first week of July, possibly sooner."

Official announcement: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/114625074809479231

#mastodon #MastodonBeta #fediverse

Testing the fediverse:creator meta tag on my blog.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/world-blog-day-2024/

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Nice, the next Mastodon beta is out.

Looking forward to trying out the updated fediverse:creator settings!

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.0-beta.2

via @mastodon_releases

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I'd love to hear about the impact of the new notification filters on Mastodon on harassment.

Has anyone been talking about this, or noticed any improvements? (Or perhaps it's still too early to tell?)

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/29723

#mastodon #MastodonBeta #notifications #safety #SocialMedia

I do like how the missing alt text icon is now more prominent, but I do wonder if this is enough to get people to add descriptions to their images.

I actually opened an issue addressing this last year.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/27731

#mastodon #MastodonBeta #accessibility #AltText #UXUI #design

Folks upgrading to the latest version of Mastodon, I just updated the instructions on increasing the number of options in polls, which now only require modifying one file.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/how-to-increase-the-number-of-mastodon-poll-options/

#mastodon #MastodonBeta #polls

The admin side of Mastodon finally got the anticipated facelift in 4.3.0-beta. I like the more polished look.

#MastoAdmin #MastodonBeta #Mastodon

There are some really nice updates coming in the next version of Mastodon, including grouped notifications and profile hover cards.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.0-beta.1

It's really tempting to try out the beta version, but the upgrade steps do look a bit scary. Really hope updating Mastodon will one day be as easy as updating a WordPress blog.

#mastodon #MastodonBeta