Mastodon @Mastodon@mastodon.social

🎉 Mastodon 2.5.0 🎉

Changelog: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.5.0

Highlights:

- Federation relays
- New profile design
- Remote interaction dialog
- Replies count in web UI
- Feature friends on profile
- Higher video upload limit
- Improved mod tools
- Admin dashboard
- Read-replica support
- Command-line interface

Mastodon v2.5.0rc1 (release candidate) is out for those who want to test it:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.5.0rc1

Improvements include:

- New profiles
- MySpace Top 8 (not really)
- Remote interactions for toots
- Federation relays
- Admin dashboard
- tootctl command-line interface
- and more!

Attention Mastodon server owners: Security patch release v2.4.4 is out. It's a quick upgrade.

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.4

If you are deploying Mastodon from the master branch, update to at least commit 802cf6a.

#mastoadmin

#Mastodon 2.4.3 released:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.3

#Mastodon v2.4.3rc3 is out: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.3rc3

Likely the last pre-release as it's pretty stable. Expect 2.4.3 to come out soon.

#Mastodon v2.4.3rc1 is out for testing: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.3rc1

- More granular OAuth scopes
- Text filters
- Follow recommendations API
- and various fixes

Cage the Mastodon: An overview of features for dealing with abuse and harassment https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/cage-the-mastodon/

New blog post: How to implement a basic ActivityPub server https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/how-to-implement-a-basic-activitypub-server/

🐘 New blog post: If you could edit tweets, or What's New In Mastodon 2.4 https://medium.com/tootsuite/if-you-could-edit-tweets-e9d8cee5e69b

🎉 #Mastodon v2.4.2 is out: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.2

- Invite autofollow option
- Language filter opt-in
- Default posting language
- "Find friends" link
- dat, ipfs protocols autolinked
- Other fixes and improvements

@Animo Click on your own avatar to open your profile!

The Mastodon bridge tool has got a facelift! https://bridge.joinmastodon.org/

You can sign in with Twitter and Mastodon to find Twitter friends in the fediverse. You can also send it to your Twitter friends, as it will show them their friends on Mastodon and point them to where they could make an account!

🎉 #Mastodon v2.4.1 is out: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.1

- Delete & Redraft for toots
- Improved e-mail validation to fight spammers
- Improved block/mute behaviours
- More unicode emojis! 🐺
- Important database schema fixes
- Performance improvements 🚀

#Mastodon v2.4.0 is 🎉 finally out! 🎉

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.0

The changelog is long, but here are some highlights:

- Better offline support
- DMs column
- New profile options
- Hide who you follow if you want
- 120% better report UI for mods
- Narrower privacy policy!
- High contrast theme
- Web Push API opened up to app developers! Easy push notifications possible in all apps now
- Performance improvements
- Various fixes and improvements 😋

New #Mastodon release candidate is out: 2.4.0rc4:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.0rc4

- Option to hide your following/followers list from the public page
- Improved format of Web Push API payloads (hey @WAHa_06x36)
- Various fixes and improvements 😋

Mastodon v2.4.0rc3 is out with a critical fix for a security issue in rc1 and rc2: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.0rc3

The first release candidate for #Mastodon 2.4.0 is out: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.4.0rc1

- DM column
- Better reports UI for admins
- Better privacy policy
- Bot account nameplates
- Custom emojis in profiles
- Custom profile properties

...lots of performance improvements and more!