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Mastodon#Mastodon 4.3 is out! 🎉 We've made notifications easier to manage and improved the look and feel of the whole app across the board. And that's just the tip of the iceberg! See what you can expect once your server upgrades:
Vladimir Campos@Mastodon Thank you! As for "Helping writers and journalists", it was not clear to me if it is still a manual process. I'm a writer, and you like to have this set on my account.
Eugen Rochko@vladcampos No, it's no longer manual! Or rather, now it's manual on your side. Go to the Verification tab on your profile settings and add the domains you'd like to appear on under Author Attribution.
@Gargron Thank you. May I suggest adding that link to the blog post?
Henry Wilkinson@vladcampos @Gargron +1 for adding this link! There's a lot of people on here who maintain their own websites (myself included) and I was puzzled as to why the Fediverse author tag wasn't working.
The verification process should be noted everywhere adding the meta tag to a site is mentioned.
@vladcampos @Gargron ...Or is it required? The UI copy in that panel of "Only allow specific websites" seems to indicate that if the field is empty any domain will be allowed?
@vladcampos I assume this is a caching issue and that Mastodon will only check the site again once it finds a new URL? Going forward I imagine it won't be much of a problem if it works the way I think it does... Just a bit of a funny rollout for the first of us trying to make sure it works!
@Gargron @Mastodon Good morning. I set everything up, and posted some articles after that, and it's not working here. Is there anything else that I have to set up?
Philipp@vladcampos the test post you published has been already posted by you two days ago, so it is already cached probably. Try it with a new post, then it should work 👍
Andy Piper@vladcampos @Mastodon you add the fediverse:creator tag to your website, and then use the verification options in Mastodon 4.3 profile settings page to specify which domain this should work on. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/
Thomas Delattre@andypiper @Mastodon Is there any delay or propagation needed for it to work? I added the tag and posted a link (below) after that, but it didn't work.
@vladcampos @Mastodon you will also need to add the domain into your profile settings - apart from that I don't think there should be a delay.
AlisonW ♿🏳️🌈♾️@Mastodon
Hopefully "we’ve introduced a little carousel with follow recommendations that will appear above the first post older than four hours on the first page of your home feed" can be turned off, otherwise ok.
Hopefully "we’ve introduced a little carousel with follow recommendations that will appear above the first post older than four hours on the first page of your home feed" can be turned off, otherwise ok.
sam henri gold@AlisonW We designed an option to make sure it stays hidden forever :)
Dave Waghorn@Mastodon Some excellent features in this release - and really pleased to see that quote-posting is on the way next time around too
Charles Chin@Mastodon Great！ My Chrome extension Works https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/moemfdcocgppacjkgbjmghhaeadaphdh
Sanjeet@Mastodon massive W
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Yo Soy Freeman@Mastodon Any way to go back to the previous theme? The new one is very hard to read and harsh on the eyes :S Other than that, great job!
karafuto@YoSoyFreeman @Mastodon I agree with you, the contrast is too high
Albert Cardona@Mastodon Thank you! Grouped notifications are a game changer.
mikeTesteLinux@albertcardona @Mastodon Ya I agree
Charles A-M@Mastodon glad to see quote posts are next on your agenda!
Tim Chambers@Mastodon CONGRATS ALL!
Corgi Dad@Mastodon
I never comment on posts like this and just silently rooting for y'all most of the time, but notifications tab has gotten worse.
Stars/boost icons look more prominent than user profile images which I think many people would find more important than the icons, as they help to more quickly indicate who is the user who responded to you.
In fact, those icons are now so huge, bright and right in the middle of a screen that they are the first thing that eye notices when you open mastodon
I never comment on posts like this and just silently rooting for y'all most of the time, but notifications tab has gotten worse.
Stars/boost icons look more prominent than user profile images which I think many people would find more important than the icons, as they help to more quickly indicate who is the user who responded to you.
In fact, those icons are now so huge, bright and right in the middle of a screen that they are the first thing that eye notices when you open mastodon
dada@Mastodon congrats, but on my mobile device (Pixel 5, LOS 21, Firefox 131) the UI is noticeably less responsive while scrolling.
@Mastodon I child be hallucinating, but this morning the UI is back to feeling more responsive.
ThePiper@Mastodon looks great! Thanks
Emil Jacobs - Collectifission@Mastodon Does this mean we'll actually see this feature added somewhere in the 4.3 branch? Because that would be awesome.
Toran Shaw - M7TOR@Mastodon I wondered why my instance was looking a tad different, ta. 🙂
Joakim Melin@Mastodon Yarn 4 is required. Webpacker does not support Yarn 4. So I can't update the server.
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile
Webpacker requires Yarn ">=1 <4" and you are using 4.0.2
This version of Webpacker does not support Yarn 4.0.2. Please downgrade to a supported version of Yarn https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/
Exiting!
Catherine@Mastodon Can we have a 'not quite so bright' theme please. I prefer light themes but not THAT light. Or is this something the server admin can add?
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@DramatisPaws @Mastodon Admins can add themes, but the only way to do it is to change the source code directly. Unlike many other fediverse software, there is no support in Mastodon to supply custom themes by means other than providing a different set of css.
lnxgeek@Mastodon Remember to read the release notes!
Just saying from someone who didn't.....😜
Just saying from someone who didn't.....😜
Jonas Zürcher
Katception.com@Mastodon ♡︎♡︎♡︎♡︎
deathbybandaid@Mastodon I follow the releases via github RSS. While this update had more steps, it was one of the most pain-free updates I've had with Mastodon!
FoxAwesome! Yet I will be super duper happy when mixed media upload (image/video) will be possible! :D
NickAny news on when maximum characters per post will be configurable by admins via their console?
Sen the Professional 
@Mastodon Please put a Classic option in the Appearances selector in config.
takaishi77@Mastodon
Mastodon keeps improving. It is a quiet way. Mastodon respects privacy. Also, it does not compromise with privacy and security. Mastodon swiftly removes false news or untrue information if someone finds fake news or unfounded information..
Mastodon keeps improving. It is a quiet way. Mastodon respects privacy. Also, it does not compromise with privacy and security. Mastodon swiftly removes false news or untrue information if someone finds fake news or unfounded information..
Gilles Gagniard@Mastodon And as usual, a seamless upgrade performed successfully on my instance! Good job.
nickelson@Mastodon UI got ugly imo 😕 Please add previous dark theme as an option to select. Also, I'd really appreciate having good light theme too (less bright, with colored elements) 🙏
💐 Nataly M 🏵️ 
Every time the Mastodon website and app is more beautiful, the changes have been for the better. Thank you!
Only one thing is missing: to correct the bug of avatars and headers in GIF format in mastodon.social, they are very ugly colors and poor quality.
I have contacted GitHub and right here in Mastodon but it seems that they will not give any solution :(
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/31465#issue-2471374551
GIF files lose quality and color when set as profile avatar. · Issue #31465 · mastodon/mastodon
Steps to reproduce the problem 1.Customize my profile by uploading a GIF file as my profile avatar through the web version of Mastodon 2.Not seeing the result I expected on the web, I tried to uplo...
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@Mastodon
There are users like me who operate an instance that is hosted and maintained by IT companies.
It is therefore almost impossible for me to do certain things.
Is it possible, for example, to add an option to delete accounts in the account moderation? E.g. spam accounts?
At the moment I can block the accounts, but not delete them.
It would be great if there was a button next to the accounts in the account moderation, with confirmation that an account should be deleted.
There are users like me who operate an instance that is hosted and maintained by IT companies.
It is therefore almost impossible for me to do certain things.
Is it possible, for example, to add an option to delete accounts in the account moderation? E.g. spam accounts?
At the moment I can block the accounts, but not delete them.
It would be great if there was a button next to the accounts in the account moderation, with confirmation that an account should be deleted.
kSlank@Mastodon looking good
Martin Be@Mastodon This new toots look in the mobile android app is not particularly handy for me. How I can switch it back to the previous one? 🤔🙄
niu tech@Mastodon v4.3 is still less performant than e.g. @phanpy - see the comparison below using Lighthouse. Please improve your #PageSpeed Insights performance score: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/32378
JUAN RAMON MAQUEDA@Mastodon Will we see private and encrypted one day? 🤔
Son of Sandor@Mastodon Mastodon has been working poorly since the last update. Video isn't working. Today it has been down for at least 10 hours. It won't load.
Simon@Mastodon cool but when will we get quote retweets?
Robbie@Mastodon there’s a live feed view on the web version that isn’t available in the iOS app - any chance this could be under the tree this year?