Is there anyone out there willing to accept payment for building a new feature in Mastodon?

In particular I want to enable server-side filtering of boosts where the boosted post is already available in the timeline (whether it has been viewed or not). From what I can guess, the feature just needs to check to see if the poster of the boosted post is being followed by the user and if so, suppress the boost.

If you're interested in creating a patch for this and preparing it for submission upstream (I'd handle pushing it forward but would apply it on my own server in the meantime), please get in touch.

#Mastodon #MastodonDevelopers #MastodonDevelopment

#GoodMorningHorn and #HappyHappy #StillAliveSaturday...!

How's your #RunUp to #FictionalChristmas #WorkingOut for you... | #LookNoQuestionMark

1: #TwitterX is still a #DumpsterFire;
2: #Mastodon is #Lovely; and,
3: #There is a #FreshPotOfCoffee on the #Go...

And, #QuoteToots; #StillQuiteCool...

#IT's a #FarCry from the #DarkOldDays of #vmst and the #AngryIncels of #TheGhostOfMisterDen's #DeadInstance...

#TheOnlyThingLeft for #MastodonEngineering #ToDo is #StopTinkering #AroundTheEdges of #MastodonDevelopment and #PlaceIT into #MaintenanceMode for #TheForeseeableFuture

There's #NoPoint in #Adding more #NewFeatures to a #PerfectlyFunctionalSystem unless there's a #FundamentallyNew #SystemRequirement

"They/them" should #Simply #FireEveryone they don't #ReallyNeed and #LetThemGrow into #NewNewProjects... #TotallyNew #SeparateProjects...

Have a #GreatChristmas; #WhateverThatIs...

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The latest Trunk & Tidbits Mastodon blog post highlights all the recent work on the upcoming quote posts.

"The feature is nearly finished, and you can expect a full blog post on it very soon!"

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/trunk-tidbits-august-2025/

via https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/115180942104892103

#Mastodon #MastodonDevelopment #fediverse #QuotePosts #QuoteToots

Why Mastodon uses a Markdown library which isn't CommonMark compliant? https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet/issues/429#issuecomment-787126321 I just had to use HTML on my last two toots because of that.

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Finally had a chance to read the latest Trunk & Tidbits Mastodon development blog post, and while seeing all the work that's been done on quote posts and starter packs getting a mention is exciting, this upcoming update is really nice:

"Added the ability to block specific usernames from registering. This handles homoglyphs, partial matches, and either require approval, or deny registration entirely."

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/35407

via https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/08/trunk-tidbits-july-2025/

#mastodon #fediverse #spam #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #MastodonDevelopment #TrunkAndTidbits

What do you think about emoji reactions on social media? I know some Fediverse clients support them. Mastodon has emoji reactions in announcements, which makes me wonder - would it really be a bad thing to have them in statuses as well? 🤔

A closed ticket on the topic, as not planned: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/23035
A closed PR: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/13275

#MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonDevelopment #Fediverse

Trying to start every reply on a new line BELOW the addressees, where it belongs, is a PITA! Even though the cursor appears to begin at the end of the last addressee, that's a lie! Pressing [Enter] first thing will OVERWRITE the last addressee. It's necessary to remember to press [End] first.

I wish this would get fixed.

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Had a pretty nice weekend with some personal projects, reading and some ttrpg map sketching. Yesterday I did a dive into Mastodon’s source code.

I had an issue with local development due to some devcontainer path issues that I managed sort out.

All in all a pretty decent weekend.

How was your weekend? Any tips for hosting a Mastodon fork for you and a few friends?

#mastodondevelopment #casual #weekend #mastodon

Anyone have guidance for "Australian Online Safety Industry Codes (Class 1A and Class 1B)"?

I am not a lawyer, but I'm curious about the ramifications for indie web social media.

Any lawyers want to give some free input to free platforms?

https://www.esafety.gov.au/industry/codes

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