Exactly, and link-pasting is exactly what I've done ever since I got on #Mastodon
#QuotePosting was an enormous #MoralPanic about four years ago because #Twitter had it and #Mastodon didn't and all the big techy-bro rags convinced #Gargron that he was discouraging new migrants from Twitter because Mastodon didn't have #QuotePosts
Took 'em about three years to do it, and everyone pretty much ignored quote posts when they were finally implemented, a lot because people could opt-out if they wanted and no one took them seriously
IMO, YMMV...
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Today is Eugen Rochko's birthday
Let's give him a birthday present
As of today 22 januari is international mastodonday
#birthday #gargron #news #world #us #usa #EU #mastodon #catsofmastodon #greenland #politics #nature #environment
"This report, in contrast, is the opposite: It shows you 'account growth' and top x% Mastodon user' stats that I feel are detrimental to the reason people came to Mastodon.""
Necessary edit:
"This report ... shows you 'those #DopamineHit' stats that I feel are detrimental to the reason people came to Mastodon.""
I thought Mastodon was always about detoxing from #Dopamine
Apparently #Gargron et al want to join the Kool Kidz Klub and have #Mastodon be just like #YouTube and #Instagram and #Twitter and #Twitch and all the rest of the #Influencer hangouts
Here's me, 2025 from Twitch.
Whoopee!
Aren't I too cool for school?
Just beginning to see #Wrapstodon / #YearInReview rear its ugly head
Apparently the bright idea of #Gargron and #Renchap et al to make #Mastodon more like where all the Cool Kidz hang out
See; "End of the year recap # 22658"
"It would be cool to make something like Reddit Recap or Spotify Wrapped. That say to you at the end of the year some cool stats about your profile during that year that you can share with your friends or your followers."
Here: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/22658#issuecomment-3655620471
Renchap: "This has been implemented and will be there for all users in Mastodon 4.6."
You seem to be on the #Mastodon #Nightly v4.6.0-nightly.2025-12-15
Doing a little beta-testing for the Mastodon devs
I've already transcribed it into a Filter
Yeah I was watching it and wondering what its scope and content would be
#Gargron et al have always been suckers for mainstreaming Mastodon by adopting the most common eye-candy bling
(See, as one: #QuotePosts)
Right now I *could* download my 2025 Year-in-Review for Youtube, Twitch, Twitter, Github, etc etc
So here comes #Mastodon, always trying to stay up with All The Cool Kids
BTW I haven't seen that yet: is this on mobile of some sort?
Or it may be in the nightly that Masto dot Social is always running
*Edit*
Yeah, here it is: "End of the year recap # 22658"
"renchap
3 hours ago - SponsorMember
This has been implemented and will be there for all users in Mastodon 4.6."
Here: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/22658#issuecomment-3655620471
My biggest respect to @Gargron for his work on Mastodon and this step for stepping down:
"Mastodon is bigger than me"
Thank you <3
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/
#Mastodon, under the leadership of Our Boy #Gargron, has become more and more suited for the Weekend Warrior who pops in to the #Fediverse for 15 minutes on a Saturday morning and then doesn't come back for six more days
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