The first beta of #Mastodon 4.2.0 is now available for testing! There are too many improvements to count. See the extensive changelog and upgrade instructions here:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.0-beta1

Release v4.2.0-beta1 · mastodon/mastodon

⚠️ This is a beta release! This is primarily aimed at server administrators who are willing to report issues, and may be less reliable than stable releases, although it is still tested on mastodon....

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Coming soon in #Mastodon v4.2.0:

👀 3rd-party JavaScript spyware loaded without users' consent.

#MastoAdmin #privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/25019

Add optional hCaptcha support by ClearlyClaire · Pull Request #25019 · mastodon/mastodon

Add optional hCaptcha support based on glitch-soc#1665 and glitch-soc#1667, largely rewriting prior work at glitch-soc#1323 Whenever the environment variables HCAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY and HCAPTCHA_SITE_...

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mastodon/config/settings.yml at 8257cb314d62a740fd1f1bf76fd64f8168a11863 · ClearlyClaire/mastodon

A GNU Social-compatible microblogging server. Contribute to ClearlyClaire/mastodon development by creating an account on GitHub.

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@aka_dude Users can't set that, but thanks for misrepresenting my comment.