Mastodon12h ago

Coming soon in Mastodon 4.6 - a redesigned profile page. We've used community feedback and surveys to inform these updates. In our latest blog post, @imanijoy explains our design thinking and choices. Here are a few highlights 🧵

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-redesign-for-profiles/

A Redesign for Profiles

Sharing the design thinking for the new look coming to profile pages.

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Show threadMastodon12h ago
A new Activity tab has a dropdown menu for filtering different views of information (posts, boosts, replies) so you can find the information you're interested in.
Show threadMastodon12h ago
We've reworked featured hashtags, pinned posts, and custom fields to make the most important details more easily discoverable, and make better use of vertical space.
Show threadMaxi 12x 💉12h ago
@Mastodon What happens when text in custom fields is sentence-long? In today’s listed view, it is readable without hovering. This new compact design seems to only allow a couple characters.
Show threadClaire (testing!!)12h ago

@frumble fields take a whole line if they have to, and get compacted if they have enough room to do so

if a profile field is long enough to not fit in a line, an ellipsis button is shown and clicking it opens a modal with multi-line text

here is how your profile looks on mastodon.social

Show threadKatzentratschen11h ago
@ClearlyClaire @frumble On my iPhone the sentence cuts off at "spiegeln ausnahm […]". That's not very mobile-friendly and not how I'd expect a PWA to handle different screen sizes and resolutions. Some other design choices look as if they were made just for desktop browsers, too.
Show threadImani11h ago

@katzentratschen @ClearlyClaire @frumble

@katzentratschen On the contrary! It was designed mobile-first, but factoring in the importance of other page content as well. For visible content in paragraph form, we encourage the use of the bio itself.

Thank you for your feedback!

Show threadKatzentratschen11h ago
@imanijoy @ClearlyClaire @frumble Thanks for your reply. I don't use this section in my own profile, but I've seen a lot of accounts getting quite creative with its headings and content. I'm not sure if they'll appreciate to use the bio section instead. It's similar to the discussion about pinned posts in a carousel. (Personally, I usually scroll to recent posts without reading bios or pinned posts.)
Show threadImani
@katzentratschen @ClearlyClaire @frumble that's completely understandable. We're a small team maintaining a software that must work for millions, which means we're entrusting the community to be understanding of some compromises here and there. We appreciate it!
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