MastodonWe’re ready to show you a new feature coming in Mastodon 4.6 - Collections. These are a way for people on Mastodon to curate and share bundles of accounts that they’d recommend to others, to help find connections and grow their network more quickly.
The initial release will be a starting point, while we learn from your feedback. The early focus is on creating Collections, with search and additional discovery options to come later. There are a few choices we’ve made (on size, following, etc) that we expect to revisit.
In a new blog post, @imanijoy provides a deeper dive into the design process for Collections, and explains what we’ve included (and things that are left out) for the first release. We’ll be enabling this feature on mastodon.social next week, and rolling it out more widely in Mastodon 4.6 very soon. We’re excited to hear what you think!
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/designing-collections/
Magenta RocksMy one request is to keep my profile out of a collection - full stop. I do not want anyone to be able to add me. It is private for a reason. Bluesky does not have private profiles and being added to a collection or 'starter pack' there is a nightmare. My profile is set to approve followers and I do not want to have to deal with unwanted requests because I was added to a collection. Thanks!
This appears to have been considered, but I want to see it clearly in my settings.
FinchHaven sfba"My one request is to keep my profile out of a collection - full stop. I do not want anyone to be able to add me."
I second this
Will there be a clear and immediate way to opt out of this new Mastodon "Feature"?
The Mastodon obsession with onboarding massive numbers of newcomers as quickly as possible is pretty...
...undignified
Exactly how fast and how large does @Mastodon dot Social -- currently at some 288,028 Active Users -- need to grow?
And no, please stop
This is about Masto Social growth
The official party line that this is for all Mastodon instances anywhere is put to lie by following the comments / discussions at Mastodon Github -- particularly those discussions that are silenced as violations of the Github TOA by the official Hall Monitor
Where does it all end?
Anywhere?
Who decided Mastodon needs to conquer the entire "Fediverse"?
ImaniThis isn't about onboarding as many users as quickly as possible, but rather giving a better onboarding experience to users who do find us. Retention and a better user experience, not acquisition at all costs. Thanks!
@imanijoy @FinchHaven @Mastodon
Agree. When I started on bluesky, the starter packs were helpful to find people. Keep in mind, bluesky has a lot more public users. For example, reporters & publications. The user base here is smaller and spread across instances. This feature makes sense for public type of profiles - like reporters. But for individuals like me, it makes no sense to put them in a collection. However, bsky has lists so you don't have to follow every account. So much easier.