#Mastodon should give you an option to "unvote" a poll you voted in -- in case you messed up your answer. There's no way to correct it

I've just incremented the number of streaming and puma processes so Mastodon should be more responsive and show less 500 errors.

It was already quite fast and the 500 errors were rare, but this won't harm

#BSDCafe #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeAnnouncements #Mastodon

From #Mastodon 4.5, can you quote toots on instances below 4.5? Or do both the original post & the quoted post have to be 4.5? Asking for a #Fediverse.

@tj @stefano

In fairness, looking (from the outside) at the upgrade experiences of a number of #Mastodon nodes where I have accounts, the latest of which was an aborted 4.4 to 4.5 upgrade on one node (not this one) that lost a day's worth of data, I think that we can put this down to the general nature of the Mastodon upgrade process rather than the platform that it runs on.

Mind you, I have yet to hear of a large complex WWW-involved system with SQL-back ends where upgrades are *not* fraught with pitfalls. (-:

@wild1145

Upgraded to v4.5.0 🫡

#mastodon

@stefano need some #mastodonhelp am running my #mastodon on my own little #FreeBSD server. Since the port is no longer maintained, any advice on how to upgrade and maintain? Even with ports every upgrade I've done so far has been a real problem requiring me to start my server over or manually migrate the SQL database. I'm currently on 4.3.6.

Et pour les curieux qui veulent jeter un œil au code : 🛠️ Projet GitHub : https://github.com/cheeaun/phanpy

#Mastodon #Phanpy #BlablaLinux #AutoHebergement #Minimalisme #Singapour #NouveauProjet #Fediverse

In case you missed it buried in the replies, I've done a guide to using Mastodon's new quoting feature:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-cant-i-quote-other-posts-in-mastodon

The guide covers how to quote, how to consent to being quoted, how to go back to single-click boosts etc and answers lots more quoting-related questions.

#FediTips #Mastodon

Just curious: How's #Mastodon doing? @mastodonusercount@mastodon.social seems to have given up at 15.5 million on Oct. 8 2024.

https://mastodon-analytics.com says we're about to hit 10 million total with just about 760 k active. So which is it? And why the huge discrepancy?

https://bsky.app/profile/nilsberglund.bsky.social/post/3m4i35bkyks2s

#Mastodon #Bluesky #SocialMedia #SwissSocial

So, building an instance with only one arm is quite some work. I saw it as a challenge, I completed the challenge! Yay!

Though, in hindsight, I should have waited. Heh. Half the hands, didn't mean twice the amount of time. It took way longer.

#mastodon #mastoadmin

Je dois admettre que DeepL est BEAUCOUP plus flexible sur ce point.

Du coup, en attendant un meilleur ménage entre ces deux-là, j'ai remis DeepL sur mon instance Blabla Linux. C'est temporaire, mais je préfère ça à une traduction capricieuse !

Je vous tiens au courant quand la situation s'améliore ! 🚀

#LibreTranslate #Mastodon #DeepL #Traduction #FediVerse

Y’all. Today is my Fediversary! Three years on Mastodon. I’m grateful for this community. You people are rad.

#Fediversary #Mastoversary #Mastodon #Fediverse

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Photo of part of a bicycle chain shaped like the number three on a brightly-colored background. A caption reads “today is my fediversary.”

C'est maintenant ce petit génie du Libre qui assure la traduction de vos pouets (et le nôtre) sur Mastodon Blabla Linux. 🥳

L'avantage ? On reste dans la philosophie, et vous pouvez même l'utiliser !

➡️ Testez-le ici (c'est cadeau) : https://ltranslate.blablalinux.be

C'est 100% Libre, 100% Blabla Linux. Vous pouvez même l'intégrer à votre navigateur ou l'utiliser via l'appli mobile Android "Translate You" !

#LibreTranslate #AutoHébergement #BlablaLinux #LogicielLibre #Mastodon #Traduction

Mastodon Bird UI v3.0.0 is now released! 🎉

Most notable changes:
- Support for Mastodon stable 4.5.0
- Fix profile links and alignment
- Re-style Quote Posts
- Improved UI for the new quote posts popper
- Improve status__quote--error being to high, update min-height
- Remove the separator dot redundant since 4.3
- Fix performance-expensive transitions
- Fix audio embed overflow
- Improve the accesibility of modals

Full changelog and download: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui/releases/tag/3.0.0

#MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #CSS #UI #OpenSource

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Mastodon Bird UI phone mockup, closeup of an iPhone, text: "Mastodon Bird UI 3.0.0"

So apparently mastodon quoting is unique to mastodon and they dont support or build on top of the already exsisting activitypub quoting so now i cant quote stuff from non mastodon instances. YAY #mastodon

#AskMastodon #Mastodon

Does following a hashtag override your language settings, showing you posts you don't understand because they include a followed hashtag?

When a client opens a post on the #Mastodon web, why doesn’t it open in the user’s instance so that they can just interact normally with posts? This seems like a huge blocker for new users because the mental model doesn’t match the way all the other websites in the world work. #ux

I dont liek it that the media the edit profile button so big in mastodon v4.5

#mastodon

Now that #Mastodon supports quotes, there are three important points to know with #Fedilab

- You can change the default privacy for quoting your messages in Settings>Profile (default anyone can quote you)

- You can customize this privacy for each message (when composing)

- If you don't see the merged Boost/Quote button, make sure that you didn't disable it in Settings > Timelines

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Screenshot from Settings>Profile where the default quote privacy can be changed. Here anyone is selected but it can be set to followers only or Just me.

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When composing, it is possible to customize the privacy for quoting your message. Here a menu is open with the three visibility choices.

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Screenshot from Settings>Timelines where Display the Quote button is enabled

Mise à jour serveur #Mastodon vers v4.5.0 --> OK et sans soucis.

Pas encore eu le temps de faire le tour de ce qui change avec cette version. Je verrai au fur et à mesure.

Monday 3rd November: experiment with alternative Mastodon clients.

3rd—7th November: experience amazement at the inexplicable surge in activity from accounts that I follow.

7th November, mid-afternoon: discover that I have been accidentally watching a live feed from all servers.

Now: I don't know whether to laugh, or cry, because I don't know how to regain my previous view of things in the advanced web interface, but one thing's for certain:

- more
- more
- more

– and without so much more, more, more than I wanted, I wouldn't have stumbled across this gem:

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115509090176527710

It's Friday!

Oh, and the interface might be advanced but I'm not 😃

#Mastodon

The #illumosCafe #Mastodon instance has been upgraded to v4.5.0

#illumosCafeServices #illumosCafeUpdates

great apparently adding emojis to #mastodon was requested like 8 years ago

Performing a test of #Mastodon v4.5.0 on #SmartOS...

#illumos

I blocked mastodon.social, and they blocked me back.

Do not trust mastodon.social.

They know about the scams I reported, but they do nothing. Even worse, they still support some of them — for example, “Gaza Verified.”

We joined the Fediverse to get away from one group controlling everything. But now, because so many people depend on mastodon.social, it is becoming that same kind of gatekeeper.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PeerTube #PixelFled #Scam #Fraud

Habemus #Mastodon 4.5.0

Énorme boulot pour cette version 4.5.0 de #Mastodon : https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0

Always remember the Fediverse isn't just Mastodon but also @LemmyDev, @pixelfed, @pleromafeed @bookwyrm,
@mobilizon, @bonfire, @funkwhale, @peertube, @owncast and even @nextcloud!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Misskey #Nextcloud #Bookwyrm #Lemmy #Friendica #Pixelfed #Social #HumanSocial

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A tree with different areas for different social of the Fediverse. For example networking area (with Mastodon, Pleroma, Lemmy), music with Funkwhale, books with BookWyrm.

Fedinews: il "giornale" con le migliori notizie provenienti dal fediverso italiano

Vuoi leggere un flusso di notizie selezionato dagli utenti italiani del Fediverso?

Allora puoi provare ad aprire la pagina
di FediNews

E se vuoi pubblicare anche tu una notzia che ti sta particolarmente a cuore o che secondo dovrebbe essere presente su FediNews, allora puoi pubblicarla dal tuo account #Mastodon, #Friendica, #Pixelfed, #Lemmy, #Piefed, #Lemmy o #NodeBB!

Se hai un account del forumverso sarà sufficiente sottoscrivere le comunità di feddit.it e citiverse.it.

Se invece hai solo un account social come Mastodon, Pixelfed, #Pleroma o Friendica, allora ti basta menzionare la comunità che ti interessa

@fediverso

https://fedinews.it/

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La pagina di Fedinews, con tutte le schede delle notizie pubblicate su feddit.it e citiverse.it

#Mastodon Blabla Linux passe sur la version 4.5.0 😎

I'm doing this week at work a talk about the Fediverse (a beginner talk)...
what do you think, should be definitely in?

(of course I will show all the major plattforms (e.g. @Mastodon, @pixelfed, @LemmyDev, @info and so on.. maybe even @loops)

and I will definitely show the lovely 4min video from @_elena which is a great introduction to the Fediverse)

#mastodon #hubzilla #sharky #lemmy #pixelfed #loops #fediverse

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some fediverse logos in a star form

so, one of the things you have to keep in mind is that Twitter was created by the people who first founded Blogger/Blogspot. that’s why the generic for that kind of site ―which includes #Mastodon― is “microblog”.

tweeting and tooting is microblogging.

blogging is not just a form of publishing online, but of writing; of transforming into new digital formats the conventional forms of writing and publishing on the media of paper.

which means: QUOTED POSTS ARE MICROBLOGGING BLOCKQUOTES

🧵

Can I use #Peertube and #Lemmy and other #ActivityPub services using my #Mastodon account?

Or do I need an account for every additional service I want to interact with?

»Nach langer Vorbereitung: Mastodon kann jetzt lange geforderte "Quote Posts"
Als er @Mastodon gegründet hat, war Erfinder @Gargron gegen die Zitierfunktion. Später hat sich seine Meinung geändert und ein Update führt sie jetzt ein.«

Es gibt Menschen die dies kritisieren und andere die es befürworten. Ich muss es mir erst mal noch ansehen wie es umgesetzt ist nach dem Server Update.

https://www.heise.de/news/Grosses-Update-Mastodon-kann-jetzt-Quote-Posts-und-findet-alle-Kommentare-11068632.html

#mastodon #update #quoteposts #zitat #fediverse #retoot #web #server #some

Besonders für kleine Instanzen finde ich das "Fetch All Replies" Feature von #mastodon 4.5 hilfreich (auch wenn es vorher schon manuell umsetzbar war)

Müssen das die Drittanbieter von Clients eigentlich noch implementieren oder funktioniert das out of the box? @ivory @MonaApp @IceCubesApp #followerpower #mastoadmin

I've realized that I get ... disoriented (?) when reading toot threads. Each toot starting with the replied to username is not really useful.

I think when a Posted toot is rendered replied to usernames could simply by pushed to the bottom of the toot, or somehow hidden away.

Anyone else got thoughts about this?

#Mastodon #UX

Now I feel bad for being too busy, falling behind, and not managing to upgrade to 4.6.0 alpha. I'll definitely get to it over the upcoming weekend. It might need more work than usual since there will finally be CSS custom properties, and I want to migrate Mastodon Bird UI to use them.

#MastoAdmin #Mastodon

Dear friends of the illumos Cafe,
I'll perform some upgrade tests to Mastodon v4.5.0 in the coming days. The setup is different from the BSD Cafe one, so some downtime is expected.

I'll perform some tests tomorrow morning (on a test instance) and, if they'll be successful, I'll proceed here.

I'll keep you informed.

Stay Tuned!

#illumosCafe #illumosCafeServices #illumosCafeUpdates #Mastodon

Boosting other people's toots is important because it's an excellent way to make them aware of typos without actually telling them.

#Fediverse #netiquette #fediquette #Mastodon

Mastodonを運営している管理者の方ですか？

⚠️ バージョン4.5にアップグレードしてください！ ⚠️

古いバージョンのMastodonには既知のセキュリティ脆弱性があります。また、古いインスタンスでは、最新バージョンで導入された特定のコンテンツ（引用など）が正しく表示・通信されない場合があります。

ユーザーのセキュリティ、互換性、利便性を確保するために、Mastodonインスタンスをバージョン4.5にアップグレードすることをお勧めします。

#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Fedi #FediAdmin #Administrator #Admin #MastoAdmin

Are you an administrator running Mastodon?

⚠️ Upgrade to version 4.5! ⚠️

Older versions of Mastodon contain known security vulnerabilities. In addition, outdated instances may not properly display or communicate certain types of content (such as quotes) introduced in the latest version.

To ensure the security, compatibility, and convenience of your users, you should upgrade your Mastodon instance to version 4.5 as soon as possible.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Fedi #FediAmin #Administrator #Admin #MastoAdmin

Mastodon을 운영하는 관리자이신가요?

⚠️ 4.5 버전으로 업그레이드하세요! ⚠️

이전 버전의 Mastodon에는 알려진 보안 취약점이 포함되어 있습니다. 또한 구버전 인스턴스는 최신 버전에서 도입된 일부 콘텐츠 유형(예: 인용글)을 올바르게 표시하거나 주고받지 못할 수 있습니다.

사용자의 보안, 호환성, 편의성을 보장하기 위해 Mastodon 인스턴스를 가능한 한 빨리 4.5 버전으로 업그레이드하시기 바랍니다.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Fedi #FediAdmin #Administrator #Admin #MastoAdmin

Sind Sie Administrator einer Mastodon-Instanz?

⚠️ Aktualisieren Sie jetzt auf Version 4.5! ⚠️

Ältere Versionen von Mastodon enthalten bekannte Sicherheitslücken. Außerdem können veraltete Instanzen bestimmte Arten von Inhalten (z. B. Zitate), die in der neuesten Version eingeführt wurden, möglicherweise nicht richtig anzeigen oder übermitteln.

Um die Sicherheit, Kompatibilität und Benutzerfreundlichkeit für Ihre Nutzer zu gewährleisten, sollten Sie Ihre Mastodon-Instanz so bald wie möglich auf Version 4.5 aktualisieren.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Fedi #FediAdmin #Administrator #Admin #MastoAdmin

Mastodon 4.5 wurde veröffentlicht.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0

#Mastodon #Fediverse

Hui... #Mastodon 4.5.0 upgrade done ...

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@announcements/115503275740908878

The BSD Cafe #Mastodon instances have been upgraded to v.4.5.0 and...we now have the quote posts!

Use them wisely.

#BSDCafe

The BSD Cafe instances have just been updated to Mastodon v4.5.0.

There was a bit of a slowdown as the secondary instance went smoothly (but it's underpowered), while the primary one took longer because I had to update Node.
But we're there!

Among the main new features: quote posts and other things, like the remote fetching of replies - which I had, however, already enabled on v4.4.x in recent weeks.

Enjoy!

#Mastodon #BSDCafe #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeUpdates #BSDCafeAnnouncements

Self-hosting your Mastodon media with SeaweedFS

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/06/self-hosting-your-mastodon-media-with-seaweedfs/

#FreeBSD #SeaweedFS #Mastodon #ITNotes #Fediverse #Hosting #OwnYourData #RunBSD