Daniel
Mastodon#Mastodon 4.2 is rolling out across the social web! On our quest to make Mastodon more delightful and easy to use, we've overhauled search, sign-ups, cross-server interactions and a whole lot more:
Daniel Berezhnoy
Emil Jacobs - Collectifission@Mastodon amazing, this looks like a massive release!
Grandpa Don@Mastodon
Is this the cause of sporadic freezeups this morning?
Is this the cause of sporadic freezeups this morning?
Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦
Zeno@Mastodon can I download the app from github?
GunChleoc@gunchleoc @Mastodon Nice. My favourite thing 👍
🄯 CarlOS
Keiko@Mastodon Our instance runs under docker. I tried upgrading our instance and had to roll back. It blows up with "ThreadError: can't create Thread: Operation not permitted". As near as I can tell, this version needs docker 20.10.10 minimum, and we're on 20.10.7 (yeah, I know we're way out of date. It's not easy to update a prod instance when you're a small operation).
Peter Mount@keiko I had that myself.
Probably not the best idea but I fixed that ruby error by adding:
privileged: true
to the sidekiq streaming and web container entries and it then worked.
I figured it was something about the versions in use & at some point I need to upgrade the server I'm running on as it's an old (now) distro
@peter I saw that suggestion and wasn't willing to give that permission. I'll figure out how to upgrade to a later version of docker.
Thanks for pointing it out for others, though.
sebastian
Rik 
🇵🇸 
@Mastodon Nice, great work!
Pierre@Mastodon what happens if you opt out of public search and revert back to unlisted? Does that hide your previous toots?
Niko Trimmel@breadandwater @Mastodon yes, the search index is in real-time. If you decide to opt out, all your toots are removed no matter when you made them.
Hunter Gough 🍦🌹
Nick K@Mastodon LRT so many slick upgrades. They start with search features, but all the intuitiveness improvements to signup, cross server interaction, and general UI layout are gonna improve QoL so so much. Gonna boost masto’s viability as a social media option for sure (tho it already has a reputation for being complicated and unclear, so it may already be too late…)
Juan Carlos Muñoz@Mastodon Thanks for this update! The overhaul of the search function is fantastic. I noticed recently that indeed the search function now operates on the bio too, which is super useful to find more people to follow. Keep up the good work!
Raccoon🇺🇸🏳️🌈@Mastodon
OMG! OMG! Mastodon has better search functionality than almost any other social media now! This might even be better search functionality than Discord!!
OMG! OMG! Mastodon has better search functionality than almost any other social media now! This might even be better search functionality than Discord!!
Ming Chan@Mastodon "rbenv: version `3.2.2' is not installed (set by /home/mastodon/live/.ruby-version)"
I got this message.
I got this message.
Jan@ymchan87 Please update your ruby version to 3.2.2
Farshid Hakimy / فرشید@Mastodon seems like a lot of cool changes!
I have one question/suggestion though:
Couldn't your server or client app just pass your server domain when opening remote posts or profiles as a parameter in the url?
Like that : ${url}?orgserver=chaos.social
I have one question/suggestion though:
Couldn't your server or client app just pass your server domain when opening remote posts or profiles as a parameter in the url?
Like that : ${url}?orgserver=chaos.social
Matthias@Mastodon I did now the opt in for the search. Works like a charm. The concept of letting users the chance to decide if their posts should be findable within Mastodon is a bold step. This will bring the fediverse forward.
Great release!
Great release!
CritteRo
Bogdan@crittero dap... sunt prins cu o nuntă, încerc duminică sa fac update.
Juho Mäntysalo@Mastodon Really looking forward to that cross-server favouriting!
__JPYou could, but as the article said, it was complicated, and involved copypasting url:s from one browser-window to another.
Ernesto Acosta 🗯️@Mastodon Excellent release. There are no update instructions in the release notes on GitHub. Or are they somewhere else?
Dominik HebelerI also had to look twice. Instructions are hidden when you are in the list of all Releases. Just open the release directly to view them
Egon Willigh☮gen 🟥@Mastodon congrats!
bobbii@Mastodon Any settings to make it easier to navigate for the visually impaired including the #colourblind? Or in general? With f.lux (https://justgetflux.com/ / #flux) enabled, the CTA purple blends in completely with the dark grey background. #UXDesign #colorblind
Psycat@Mastodon i always read #JohnMastodon instead of joinmastodon 😂
Robin@Mastodon only thing that still annoys me is that the box is white. Wish it would blend more in, with the Colour Scheme with the website.
Caroline Bell 
@Mastodon Yay! Interactions via other instances is a feature I've wanted in the web client since I started using Mastodon! I'm so glad it's finally here!
wilford@Mastodon
WEll done
WEll done
artisanroxJohn Mastodon always makes sure his platform has the latest tools.
Thank you John!!!!
Monsieur Valentine 🇺🇦@Mastodon splendid! 👏
BikeLife
Lilith@Mastodon A pretty hefty update.
Lack of FTS was a big pain point for some users and it being opt-in will accommodate those who would not want their posts to be indexed.
The ability to import lists also reduces the amount a user loses if they have to migrate servers for whatever reason. Just posts and followers remain.
Looking at the roadmap there are some other planned features that will address other pain points as well (quote posts, E2EE DMs, choose who can reply to posts, etc.).
Jonah Aragon 
@RavenLulu definitely checking it out! It takes a bit to test out the upgrade, particularly big ones like this, but we should be up to 4.2 within the next couple days.
@staff @austin
@staff @austin
@jonah I was not expecting the upgrade to be immediate. This was just a "On the off chance you didn't know already" type of thing.
The only times I expect a little more urgency is if 1: The server is experiencing major performance issues. 2: I'm having trouble logging in to my account (forgot password, hacker locked me out of my account, etc.). 3: A Mastodon update was released to fix one or more major security vulnerabilities.
If I came across as demanding then I apologize.
BestReptile 🦎@Mastodon great work! 🤩
Chris Williams@Mastodon Great updates! Awesome work Mastodon team!
spaceotter 
🏳️🌈@Mastodon kudos to the Mastodon team!
@Mastodon The #AdvancedInterface is broken :( Now I'm stuck reverted back to the annoying stock interface.
ImBaaack@Mastodon I don’t have the slightest idea what any of that means.
Don't Let Me Fall@Mastodon Very nice updates.
藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii@Mastodon Upgraded!
Renato, aka Krull@Mastodon @meatlotion hey look :)
MeaTLoTioN@meatlotion @Mastodon haven’t used much these last two days. But sure, i feel some stuff look faster
@meatlotion @Mastodon the new search engine looks good anyway
@meatlotion oh tsting now in the web version.. hmmm yeah some cool changes...
@meatlotion performance really seems better too
ራስ ባሪያው Rass Bariaw@Mastodon looks interesting
William Andrew Conna@Mastodon Yessss Mastodon sudah ada fitur translatenya beserta fitur mengikuti tag 🤩