MastodonNov 6

We’re excited to release Mastodon 4.5 into the world! Arriving just a few months after the last release, this version brings the long-awaited Quote Posts feature, along with many other goodies. Here’s a quick look (you should read our blog post for more!)

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5

Mastodon 4.5

Quote posts, the end of missing replies, new tools for admins and better emojis. All of these and more, in our latest release.

Mastodon Blog
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Mastodon 4.5 brings Quote Post authoring features to everyone. Note that you can manage whether or how your posts are quoted by others, both globally on the new Posting Defaults page, and individually on specific posts. You can also revoke the use of a post. We wrote about this in more detail a few weeks ago: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/introducing-quote-posts/
Introducing quote posts

Over the years, we’ve learned just how essential quoting is to many of you. Here's a deep dive on how quote posts will work on Mastodon.

Mastodon Blog
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The Fediverse feels more vibrant when conversations are buzzing! Mastodon 4.5 fetches replies from other servers to show you more complete conversation threads - another much-anticipated feature.
Show threadEvan ProdromouNov 8
@Mastodon better late than never! I am so glad to see this bug finally fixed, and I hope it presages future use of the full feature set of ActivityPub.
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Nov 8
@evan @Mastodon this is definitely the most impactful new feature after QPs! Have noticed a dramatic difference in counts
Show threadEvan ProdromouNov 8
@chris @Mastodon Let's hope that loading an actor's `outbox` to show their existing posts is next! 🤞🏼
Show thread Shlee fooled around &
@evan @chris @Mastodon Jonny is trying. His backfill PR has been ignored for 6 months (due to focus on quotes)
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